Test flight
A proof of concept I build and fly myself, so an idea is proven before a client mission depends on it.
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Voice channel
103.8 is the call frequency. Tap it and the form tunes itself, so all you have to say is when.
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Same desk
The planner, the flight plan and this form all land in one inbox. Mine. No routing, no ticket numbers.
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Signal strength
Fills as you type: a name, an email that looks real, a few lines. Five bars isn't required. It just feels good.
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Custom charter
Gate TBD on purpose. Custom charters get a gate the moment you tell me where you're going.
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Abort mission
No penalty for scrubbing a launch. NASA does it all the time, and they have way more paperwork.
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Launch manifest
Every row is a real service, one click from its page. The letters flip like an old departures board, minus the mechanic.
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Priority go
Pick a symptom and its launch jumps to PRIORITY GO. It's triage: if the real problem is something else, you'll hear it on the call.
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Crew level
Cadet keeps it plain English. Engineer shows the wiring. Switch anytime, no clearance needed.
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Signal lost
Even the best navigators lose a signal. The warp drive can get you home.
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Home planet
Two moons: violet for my wife, green for my son. They keep the orbit steady.
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Re-reading
Thus Spoke Zarathustra. Light reading for long flights.
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Touchdown
You made it. The confetti is real (as real as it gets on the internet).
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Earth
Every mission starts here: your brief, your goals, your deadline.
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REC
Not actually recording. It just likes to look busy.
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T-minus
Six stages, one launch. The clock only starts after the discovery call.
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Layout grid
The layout grid I design on. 12 columns, 24px gutters.
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Black hole
Yes, you can feed it things. No, it won't give them back.
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Not sure yet
Totally fine. Most good missions start here.
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Lines of code
All hand-written. Every one of them has been rewritten at least once.
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Caffeine log
Measured in mugs, not cups. The science is settled.
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The mark
An A and a B, drawn as a planet. 25 iterations, most of them bad.
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Launch window
Launch window open. Seats on this flight are limited (to one, it's just me).
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2 cursors online
One of them is you. The other one is also you, in another tab. Probably.
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Discovery call
A 30-minute chat: where you're headed, what's in the way, whether we're a fit.
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Reduced motion
A system setting some people need. This site honors it: calmer and still complete.
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Rive
Interactive animations that react to input, lighter than video.
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Lenis
The smooth-scroll engine. It's why the page glides instead of jumping.
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Breakpoint
The screen width where a layout rearranges itself for tablets and phones.
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Handoff
The part where your team gets the keys and a guide, so they don't have to call me for every change.
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API
How two apps talk to each other without you copy-pasting between them.
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Lighthouse
Google's speed, accessibility and SEO audit. The report card a launch has to pass.
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Component
A reusable block: edit it once and every copy updates.
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Variables
Colors, sizes and fonts saved once and reused. Change one, the whole site follows.
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Client-First
A naming system for Webflow classes, so the next developer isn't lost.
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Figma
Where every page starts: design, prototypes and comments before any code.
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GSAP
The animation engine behind most of the motion here. Smooth at 60fps, polite to your battery.
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WebGL
Your graphics card drawing in the browser. It's how the planets spin without melting your laptop.
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Webflow
The visual builder this site runs on: real HTML and CSS, with a CMS your team can edit.
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Finsweet
Free Webflow add-ons for filters, sorting and CMS tricks Webflow doesn't do natively.
multi-reference
A Webflow CMS field that links one item to many others, like an article to every topic it covers.
JSON-LD
Structured data in a script tag that tells search engines and AI exactly what a page is: an article, a term, an FAQ, a business.
AEO
Answer engine optimization: shaping content so AI assistants like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI answers can understand it and cite it.
TopoJSON
A compact file format for map shapes, like the outline of every U.S. state.
D3
A JavaScript library for drawing data: charts, maps and diagrams.
Unicorn Studio
A tool for designing WebGL visual effects and embedding them in a site.
ScrollTrigger
A GSAP plugin that ties animations to the scroll position.
SVG
A vector image format: sharp at any size and light to load.
Three.js
A JavaScript library for drawing 3D graphics in the browser with WebGL.
CMS
Content Management System: where the client edits text, images and projects without touching code.
