Writing

Notes from
the studio.

Things we’ve tried, questions we’re asking, and what we’ve learned.

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A field guide to web design styles

Twenty-two visual styles, real references, and a practical guide to choosing a direction. From Swiss grids and editorial layouts to clay, chrome, pixels, and paper.

filtercoffee.dev · 4 October 2026

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A week became an hour

Six months ago a single web page took me a week. Then the tools caught up. Here's the whole messy journey — Lovable, Cursor, and finally Claude.

Sagar · 27 May 2026

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Don't build what you don't understand

AI will build you anything you ask for. That's exactly the problem. The one rule that's kept my projects sane.

Sagar · 22 May 2026

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