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The 1080p pipeline that kept melting our queue.
Six versions later, we figured out it wasn't the renderer. It was the way we were chunking work between stages. A short story about queues.
2026-04-24 · 6 min essaysWhy "we build anything" beats a feature list.
Listing 26 things you do is a tell. The agencies that win the interesting work are the ones who say "show us what you've got" and mean it.
2026-04-19 · 5 min behind the buildWhat Bots actually asks on a discovery call.
The five questions that turn a vague brief into a buildable spec. Most of them aren't about the product at all.
2026-04-12 · 4 min tools we loven8n, but only when it earns its place.
Where automation actually pays for itself, and where it just adds an extra system to maintain. A taxonomy after 40-something workflows.
2026-04-07 · 7 min workshop notesOne typeface, six pages, no slop.
Picking a typeface for the new site. Why we avoided the usual suspects, and what we landed on instead.
2026-04-02 · 3 min essaysThe discovery call no one asks for, but everyone needs.
Why we always run a 30-minute call before quoting. Even on tiny projects. Especially on tiny projects.
2026-03-28 · 5 minA short letter when there's
something worth reading.
Once or twice a month. Nothing automated. Bits writes them by hand.