Notes
Notes on web systems, domains, and how the work gets done.
Most of these are for owners who want their website, domain, hosting, forms, analytics, and handoff to make sense. Some are about how I build software and why it is built that way.
Jul 4, 2026
Owning your setup
Independence Day Note: Own the Systems Your Business Depends On
A July 4 reminder for small businesses to own domains, DNS, hosting, email, forms, analytics, and recovery paths instead of depending on fragile vendor access.
Read noteJul 1, 2026
Keeping it working
Before the Holiday Weekend, Test the Contact Paths
A practical pre-holiday website checklist for small businesses: contact forms, notification emails, Google Business Profile hours, phone links, and backup contact paths.
Read noteJun 24, 2026
Keeping it working
A Midyear Website Checkup for Small Businesses
A midyear website review for small businesses covering service pages, calls to action, Google Business Profile, forms, analytics, speed, accessibility, and ownership notes.
Read noteJun 19, 2026
Keeping it working
Juneteenth Reminder: Public Information Should Be Clear and Accurate
A Juneteenth reminder for businesses to keep public website information clear, accurate, accessible, and respectful before adding symbolic holiday messaging.
Read noteJun 12, 2026
Keeping it working
Why Contact Forms Deserve More Attention Than They Get
Why small business website contact forms need validation, spam protection, notification testing, routing clarity, and a reliable follow-up process.
Read noteJun 5, 2026
Keeping it working
What to Check the Week After a Website Launch
A post-launch website checklist for small businesses covering forms, analytics, search indexing, redirects, speed, mobile behavior, and owner handoff notes.
Read noteMay 28, 2026
Owning your setup
A Plain-Language Guide to DNS Records
A practical explanation of common DNS records for small business websites: A, CNAME, MX, TXT, SPF, DKIM, DMARC, redirects, and verification records.
Read noteMay 28, 2026
How it gets built
Designing Small Systems That Survive Interruption
How to make tasks easy to resume, keep progress visible, and build tools that assume real-world interruptions.
Read noteMay 28, 2026
Owning your setup
How to Tell If Your Website Setup Is Fragile
Signs a small business website setup is fragile, including unclear domain ownership, brittle forms, slow pages, mystery hosting, and undocumented redirects.
Read noteMay 28, 2026
How it gets built
The Value of Boring Infrastructure
Why clear local data, understandable steps, and dependable foundations come before clever interfaces in the software I build.
Read noteMay 28, 2026
Owning your setup
What Small Businesses Should Own Before Launching a Website
A plain-language checklist for small businesses before launching a website: domain, DNS, hosting, analytics, email, content, and access ownership.
Read noteMay 28, 2026
How it gets built
Why Prototypes Should Leave Notes Behind
Preserving the reasoning behind an experiment so the next decision is easier to make than the last one.
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Notes are useful, but every real system has its own context. Send me the situation if you want help sorting it out.