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Why modern digital platforms require a subscription mindset

Moving beyond "launch and leave": How ongoing delivery pipelines prevent entropy, ensure security, and drive compound growth.

The 2025 Engineering Checklist for Core Web Vitals

A deep dive into LCP, INP, and CLS optimization strategies for high-performance React and Next.js applications.

The South African Digital Baseline: 2025 Edition

Essential technical and compliance standards for launching robust web platforms in the South African market.

POPIA Compliance for Marketing Websites

Practical, developer-focused guardrails for managing personal information under South African privacy law.

Conversion-Driven Payments in South Africa

Optimizing checkout flows by selecting the right payment rails: Card, Instant EFT, and the rise of digital wallets.

Server Pagination Patterns with Prisma (Skip/Take + Count)

A practical reference for consistent pagination in admin and dashboard tables: count + skip/take, clamping, and redirects.

SEO Pagination: Canonicals, Prev/Next, and Indexability

How to paginate content libraries without destroying crawlability: canonical URLs, clean routes, and metadata hygiene.

Sanity GROQ Pagination with Slice + Total Count

Fetch paged items with GROQ slice while also retrieving total counts, and keep a safe fallback for local/dev.

GA4 Event Hygiene for Lead Funnels

A lightweight event taxonomy that captures intent without flooding analytics with noise.

Next.js Route Segment Pagination (App Router)

Implement SEO-friendly paged routes using /page/[page] while keeping canonical page 1 clean.

POPIA Data Retention Windows (Practical Defaults)

Set retention windows for leads and logs and automate deletion to reduce liability.

Performance Budgeting: Keep LCP Under 1.2s

A practical budgeting approach: constrain images, fonts, hydration, and third-party scripts so speed stays predictable.