Build
Our first case study is the site you're reading. Before we sell a marketing site to anyone, we built our own — in the open, on the same stack we'd put your business on.
A boutique studio with no external case studies has a credibility problem: why trust us with your site if we can't point to one? Our answer was to make ourselves the first client.
The site has one job — win clients and move visitors toward a discovery call. So it had to be fast on a mid-range phone over patchy mobile data, accessible by default, and honest about how we work and what we charge.
Next.js with the App Router, exported as a fully static site. No server to keep warm, nothing to patch at 2am — just files served from Cloudflare's edge, including the Johannesburg point of presence, so it's quick for South African visitors.
TypeScript throughout, with CSS Modules instead of a utility framework so the styling stays small and readable. Type is led by Poppins; the palette is a single dark surface with one electric-orange accent used sparingly.
The contact form runs on a Cloudflare Pages Function — Turnstile screens spam before a Resend email is ever sent. No third-party form widget, no data leaving the stack we control.
Static export means the browser gets HTML and CSS first, with JavaScript reserved for the few pieces that genuinely need it — the mobile menu, the contact form. Everything works without it.
Every motion has a static fallback for visitors who prefer reduced animation. We hold ourselves to performance and accessibility scores of 90 out of 100 or better; the same standard we ship for clients.
The only personal data the site collects is what you type into the contact form, and it goes straight to us by email — no analytics profiles sold on, no surprise trackers.
Spam protection is privacy-respecting, and the privacy notice spells out exactly what's collected and why. Built to be POPIA-aware from the first commit, not retrofitted before launch.
Every step of this build becomes a journal post and a changelog entry. You can watch the work happen rather than take our word for it — and that openness is itself the proof.
This is the same process we'll run for you: a clear scope, regular previews you can click, and a clean hand-over of everything you own.
Tell us what you need. We'll tell you honestly if and how we can help.