The Studio's Journal

Reflections on software architecture, web construction, and the craft of the digital architect.

August 14, 2026JD

TTFB, CLS, INP: The Metrics That Decide Your Ranking

Core Web Vitals in plain language — and why INP, the metric that replaced FID, now decides how fast your site actually feels.

August 7, 2026JD

How I Inspect a Web Project Before Sign-Off

Every build gets a Réception — a punch list of performance, accessibility, and SEO. Here is the inspection checklist I actually run before I sign.

July 30, 2026JD

Glassmorphism Without Sacrificing Accessibility

Frosted glass is beautiful — but only if the text stays legible. The WCAG contrast math and Tailwind recipes I use in every glass panel.

July 16, 2026JD

The Hidden Cost of Your WordPress Plugins

A performance autopsy of a WordPress site: what thirty plugins actually load on every page, and what removing them did to the score.

July 2, 2026JD

From WordPress to Astro: The ACIT Migration, Draw by Draw

How I moved ACIT Géotechnique off a WordPress plugin stack onto a zero-JS Astro build — and took it from a slow template to a 100/100 Lighthouse score.