Field notes

Field notes from inside the studio.

Deep dives on web design, ecommerce, AI tooling, SEO and digital work — written from the trenches by the humans building the actual thing. No listicles. No SEO filler. First posts publishing shortly.

What we'll be writing about

Topics we're actively working on.

Every post grounded in real client projects — no generic advice pulled off ChatGPT. Rough plan of first pieces below.

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WooCommerce vs Shopify in South Africa — 2026 edition

The real math on total cost of ownership, custom flexibility and payment gateway compatibility for SA brands.

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How to launch a WhatsApp AI agent your business will actually use

Not another chatbot demo — an end-to-end guide on connecting Claude/GPT to WhatsApp Business API with human-in-the-loop.

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Local SEO for South African hospitality — the actual playbook

Google Business Profile, LocalBusiness schema, review acquisition and content that ranks in "restaurants in Plett" style searches.

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Custom WordPress themes vs Elementor — the honest breakdown

Speed, cost, maintenance, SEO. Why page builders keep costing more than they save at any real scale.

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Klaviyo lifecycle for South African ecommerce brands

Which flows to build first, deliverability from a .co.za sending domain, and the metrics that actually matter.

Coming soon

Building an internal AI copilot for a small SA team

Claude + team docs + prompt library — turning tribal knowledge into a searchable assistant every hire onboards with.

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