the open studio
open;
A studio you can look into. What is on the desk, what it runs on, and the numbers with no makeup on.
the desk · current focus
- 01 ↓
rebuilding nhg.design in the open
This site, v2: generative theme ritual, static output, and a colophon that tells you exactly how it is made.
- 02 ↓
running orakl
A casual quiz app: a curator hosts, players join from their own devices, no accounts. Live and evolving.
- 03 ↓
writing the chronicle
Studio notes on design, engineering, and ai for small business, published as they happen rather than as a highlight reel.
the stack · tools of the studio
what everything runs on.
- sveltekit
- the frame · every page on this site and most client builds
- typescript
- the discipline · types everywhere, surprises nowhere
- cloudflare pages
- the stage · static files served from the edge
- figma
- the sketchbook · identity, layouts, and thinking out loud
- claude-based agent workflows
- the apprentices · automating the busywork
- self-hosted analytics
- the instruments · vues, cookieless and mine
the principles · working in the open
how the studio stays honest.
- 01
own your platform
The site, the analytics, the fonts, the content: all on infrastructure I control. Rented land makes for nervous building.
- 02
measure without surveilling
I want to know what resonates, not who you are. Cookieless, anonymized, and self-hosted: enough signal, zero creep.
- 03
automate the busywork
Agents handle triage, refactors, and drift so the human hours go where taste is required.
- 04
publish the process
The stack, the numbers, and the misses go on the record. A studio you can look into is a studio you can trust.
the numbers · no makeup