Archive for June 2026
Cheap Hosting vs Premium Hosting
Hosting and maintenance are not the same thing, and the value of getting them right is invisible until the day something breaks. An honest look at cheap vs premium hosting, why we don’t push hosting, and how to choose for your business.
Read MoreWhy .com.au websites are going offline, and the ABN rule behind it
A lapsed or cancelled ABN can quietly cost you your .com.au domain, your website and your email. Here is how the rules work, what the timeframes are, and how to keep yours safe.
Read MoreAI-assisted cyber attacks are moving faster. Here’s what businesses should do now.
A Five Eyes warning says AI is accelerating cyber threats. Here’s what it means for business websites, and the practical steps to tighten security now.
Read MoreFrom Stock Still to Scroll-Stopper
Stock photos are static, generic, and built to be scrolled past. Here is how we turn a single licensed image into branded video and audio that stops the scroll, and why that changes the maths for any business that cannot afford a film crew.
Read MoreWhen Both Your Parents Work in Tech (Parker’s Space Diorama)
When both your parents work in tech, a school solar system diorama does not come back as a shoebox. It comes back as a website. A completely self-indulgent and very proud post about what our daughter Parker built with ChatGPT and Claude.
Read MoreSmall Agency vs Large Agency: You’re Not Account #4,376
At a big agency you become a ticket in a queue and your brief gets lost in a game of telephone. Here is the honest case for a small team, where the people who build your site are the people who answer the phone.
Read MoreWomen in Web: Why My Goal Is Not to Be Heard
I get spoken down to by other agencies and IT companies more often than you would think. Years in the automotive aftermarket industry taught me the goal is not to be heard. It is to quietly get my client what they actually need.
Read MoreWhen the Update Itself Is the Hack: Why Staying Current Is Only Half the Job
When the Smart Slider 3 Pro update channel itself was compromised in April 2026, every site that did the responsible thing and auto-updated got infected, and being across the threat landscape in real time was what actually kept our hosted sites safe.
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