27 August 2026
How AI trading bots actually work
An AI trading bot is a pipeline: data, signal, sizing, execution, risk checks. A plain-language tour of each stage, and why the model matters least.
Read →19 August 2026
AI search doesn't rank your website. It ranks your map listing.
ChatGPT and Perplexity were just reading the map pack back to me. Where local AI answers really come from, and what to fix first.
Read →17 August 2026
Internal links are the last SEO lever you fully control
You cannot make anyone link to you, but you decide every internal link on your site. A practical structure for hubs, clusters and the links between them.
Read →13 August 2026
Your site isn't slow because of JavaScript. Check the database.
Everyone optimizes the frontend, but the cost sits in queries that fetch full article bodies for a list of titles. Where server-rendered sites lose speed.
Read →11 August 2026
Building a dictation app that never touches the internet
Cloud speech APIs are one HTTP call. Local dictation is a systems problem: model, latency, chunking and libraries that phone home. Notes from building one.
Read →3 August 2026
Autonomous System Permissions: Capability Isn't Enough
My autonomous side project has run for months and still isn't allowed to act. Why capability and permission belong on two separate switches.
Read →2 August 2026
A Telegram Digest Beat My Monitoring Dashboard
I built a live dashboard for my autonomous side project and open it once a week. A plain daily Telegram digest is what I actually rely on.
Read →1 August 2026
Run a Bot 24/7 as a Windows Service: What Breaks
Running a bot 24/7 as a Windows service taught me the code is the easy half. What breaks is ops: power, clocks, updates and silent restarts.
Read →29 June 2026
Website before and after: a clear offer
A website before and after on one service site: same design, sharper message. The headline, proof and CTA changes that turn visitors into enquiries.
Read →28 June 2026
Turn Your Website Into a Sales Tool
A portfolio shows your work. A sales tool explains its value and asks for the job. Here is how to rebuild your site around the buyer so it brings in leads.
Read →27 June 2026
Why Visitors Leave Your Website Without Telling You
Confused visitors do not complain, they just leave. Here are the four silent problems that cost you clients, and a 5-minute self-audit to find them.
Read →26 June 2026
Cheap websites become expensive without work
A cheap website is cheap only up front. Here are the hidden costs when it brings no work: lost leads, low trust, bad SEO, and a redesign bill.
Read →25 June 2026
What Your Website Needs Before You Run Ads
Paid traffic to a weak website wastes money. What your site needs before you run ads: a landing page, message match, a clear offer, proof and tracking.
Read →24 June 2026
AI Can Build Your Website. Here's What It Can't.
AI tools scaffold a decent-looking page in minutes. They get you about 60% of the way. The last 40% is where clients are won or lost.
Read →24 June 2026
Why your website is not guiding visitors
Visitors land and leave without a word? Your website may not be guiding them. How to walk a stranger from problem to trust to your contact button.
Read →23 June 2026
Instagram Is Not a Replacement for Your Website
Instagram is rented attention; your website is owned presence. Why social builds awareness but a site earns trust, ranks on Google and converts buyers.
Read →22 June 2026
The Website Client-Conversion Checklist
A scannable conversion checklist for small-business sites: clear offer, visible CTA, mobile speed, proof, service pages, FAQ, easy contact, SEO, analytics.
Read →21 June 2026
Why Visitors Leave Your Site Without Contacting You
Visitors leave your site without calling because they don't trust it, can't find the next step, or it loads slow on mobile. Here is how to fix each leak.
Read →20 June 2026
Stop Asking for a Modern Website. Ask for One That Sells
"Modern" is a vague brief that wins you nothing. Ask for strategy, clarity, conversion flow, speed, and trust instead, and your website starts selling.
Read →19 June 2026
The 5-Second Homepage Formula
In 5 seconds a visitor should know who you help, what you do, why it matters, and what to click. Here is the homepage formula I use on every build.
Read →18 June 2026
Why your website confuses people (and loses sales)
Getting visits but no enquiries? Your website may be confusing people. How clarity, navigation and your CTA decide whether they reach out.
Read →17 June 2026
A beautiful website can still be useless
A beautiful website can still fail without strategy. Visual versus conversion design, the four leaks that kill it, and why to audit before a redesign.
Read →16 June 2026
5 signs your website is just a digital business card
Your website looks fine but brings no work. Here are 5 signs it is just a digital business card, plus a 5-minute checklist to test your own.
Read →15 June 2026
Website online but invisible? Why it won't convert
Your website is live but brings no clients. The three reasons it stays invisible, what to fix first, and how to find your problem in ten minutes.
Read →12 June 2026
I built a Claude Code plugin to do my website busywork
The chores around running a website — audits, translations, covers, social posts — are exactly what a plugin should handle. Here’s how I automated mine.
Read →9 June 2026
Next.js i18n middleware: redirect loops and what to test
Where locale detection and i18n redirects happen in Next.js — and where most bugs live. Edge runtime limits, matcher config, and testing without deploying.
Read →8 June 2026
Next.js image optimization for LCP
LCP is where most Next.js sites lose Core Web Vitals. The Image component handles optimization — but only if you use priority, sizes, and fill correctly.
Read →7 June 2026
Why a slow website costs Greek businesses in 2026
Local business sites in Greece follow a pattern: beautiful on desktop, broken on mobile, invisible to Google. What it costs and what a rebuild fixes.
Read →6 June 2026
Prisma + Neon + Vercel: fixing connection exhaustion
My app threw 'too many connections' a week after launch. The Vercel + Neon + Prisma cause and the two-step fix using Neon's PgBouncer pooler.
Read →5 June 2026
next-intl Gotchas: 5 Traps in a Bilingual Next.js Site
Five production gotchas from a bilingual Greek/English Next.js site: hreflang x-default, slug normalization, middleware order, date formats, font CLS.
Read →4 June 2026
Local SEO in 2026: How to Rank #1 on Google in Your City
Local SEO makes your business show up when nearby customers search Google — the six levers, in order of impact, to rank #1 in your city in 2026.
Read →4 June 2026
How Much Does a Website Cost in Xanthi? (2026 Guide)
A website in Xanthi starts from €590 in 2026, an e-shop from €1,490, a custom web app from €2,500. What the price covers and what moves it.
Read →2 June 2026
Next.js Security Release May 2026: 13 CVEs, Fix Checklist
Next.js patched 13 security advisories at once, five of them High-severity auth bypasses. Affected versions, safe upgrade order and my client checklist.
Read →1 June 2026
GEO Audit on a Next.js Site: 68/100 — Every Fix I Made
A GEO audit scored my portfolio 68/100 for AI visibility. The fixes: JSON-LD schemas, llms.txt, and prose that leads with facts so AI engines cite it.
Read →31 May 2026
Next.js 16 Cache Components: What I Changed on Real Sites
Next.js 16 flips the cache model: nothing cached by default. Here's the migration I ran on client sites when 16.2 landed.
Read →30 May 2026
Dark Reader Ignores color-scheme: Use darkreader-lock
Dark Reader double-processes sites that already ship a dark theme and ignores color-scheme. The fix is one meta tag: darkreader-lock.
Read →29 May 2026
Google Consent Mode v2 + GA4: GDPR Setup in Next.js
How to run GA4 GDPR-compliant with Google Consent Mode v2: analytics_storage denied by default, consent-gated updates, and the Next.js implementation.
Read →28 May 2026
Visual effects ruined cheap websites for me.
Years in visual effects taught me the review is the work. Here's how that shaped the way I build websites, and why most of them are just decoration.
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