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How to Create a Modern Website in 2026 with Astro

 - Why a static website suits a small business, and all the other parts that go into making one work properly, from the favicon to the cookie banner.
Reading time: 9 minutes. Tags: AstroStatic SitesSmall Business
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The Most Important Part of Our Website Wasn't Under Our Control

 - Our contact form used to run through someone else's server. Bringing it in-house cost nothing, and it made me look at which parts of a business quietly depend on tools you do not control.
Reading time: 4 minutes. Tags: AzureStatic Web AppsSmall Business
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Building a FlashCard SaaS Platform with Claude AI in One Month

 - A rapid development case study showcasing how I built a production-ready, cloud-native FlashCard SaaS platform on Microsoft Azure in one month, leveraging Claude AI to accelerate architecture decisions, code generation, and documentation.
Reading time: 10 minutes. Tags: Case StudyAzureSaaSClaude AI.NETReactAzure OpenAI
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Petra Jewellery's CRM Synchronisation

 - Smarter Business Tech developed middleware to link Petra Jewellery's on-premises POS system to the cloud based GenieAI CRM system to ensure that both are automatically synchronised daily.
Reading time: 6 minutes. Tags: Case StudyMiddlewareCRM.NET