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Choosing a local web developer: the questions to ask
Agency or freelancer, the method stays the same: seven questions for the provider, the answers that reassure and the trade-off between proximity and skill. 5 min
Redesign or rebuild: how to decide
Dated design or an end-of-life CMS? The decision grid between redesign and rebuild, what a migration preserves and what a deciding audit costs. 5 min
How much does a website cost in Belgium in 2026?
The 2026 ranges line by line, priced options, VAT and recurring costs: what you need to read a Belgian quote and spot the missing line items. 8 min
My web developer tools in 2026
In 2016 I listed my must-have apps. Ten years on, here are the tools that genuinely carry my days as a freelance web developer, and what quietly died. 5 min
Website down: what a 2016 outage taught me
My blog went down in 2016 because of a botched SSL certificate. Ten years on, here is my method when a website becomes unreachable. 5 min
From a shared CDN to HTTP/3: ten years of web acceleration
CDN, HTTP/2, HTTP/3, QUIC: what ten years of web acceleration change for your site, and how to check which protocol it actually uses. 5 min
Two-factor authentication (2FA): from TOTP to passkeys, the 2026 guide
SMS, TOTP, FIDO2 keys and passkeys: a 2026 guide to two-factor authentication (2FA) from a practitioner who secures election platforms and e-commerce. 6 min
Protecting a form from spam without a Captcha: from Akismet to my homegrown anti-spam
Seven invisible layers, from the CSRF token to GDPR consent, filter my forms without a Captcha. The full pipeline, real numbers and verified results included. 5 min
Vector vs raster images: why your logo must be a vector file
Pixels or curves? The real difference between raster and vector, the right formats for 2026, and why I always deliver logos as vector files, rights transferred. 4 min
Eye strain from screens: what causes it and how to reduce it
Why your eyes tire in front of a screen, and how to relieve them: backlight, PWM flicker, dark modes. A 2016 post, revised and brought up to date. 4 min
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