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We write about the problems we are solving, the software we are building, and what we have learned from trying. No thought leadership. Just honest documentation of the work.

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Engineering 6 min read

Local-first architecture in 2025: when it makes sense and when it does not

We chose local-first for Case Assistant OS. That decision touched every part of the system. The tradeoffs were worth it. Here is the full picture.

June 2026 Read article →
Design 5 min read

Bolivia rental market has a data problem. We are building the solution.

Landlords do not trust tenants. Tenants do not trust landlords. Neither side has reliable data. This is the research that led us to Project Home.

June 2026 Read article →
Engineering 4 min read

Why we chose Vanilla JS for a production case management tool in 2025

Yes, in 2025. No framework. No build step. Just a browser and a problem. Here is the reasoning and what we would change.

May 2026 Read article →
Business 7 min read

The studio model: how client work finances product development

Professional services fund the runway for our own products. We write about why this works and where it does not.

May 2026 Read article →
Research 6 min read

40 conversations with Bolivian landlords: what we learned about trust in rental markets

We did not assume the problem. We went out and found it. 40 interviews with landlords and tenants in Cochabamba.

April 2026 Read article →
Engineering 3 min read

Writing CSS design systems for the long term: our token architecture explained

Every visual decision in the SC Web Studio ecosystem flows through a single CSS tokens file. Here is why and how we built it.

April 2026 Read article →

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