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Journal — build notes on websites, web apps and WebGL
Short, practical notes from real builds. No fluff, no invented numbers.
- Why I started CrayontHow Crayont began: a dream from college, years of small freelance jobs and agency work, and why a small studio in Vellore, Tamil Nadu designs and codes everything itself.Studio · Story
- Astro vs Webflow vs WordPress in 2026: which one builds the faster website?An honest comparison of Astro, Webflow and WordPress for business websites: speed, editing, ownership, SEO and cost, and the cases where a design-engineering studio would pick each one.Astro · Webflow
- Choosing a web design agency in Vellore or Bangalore: nine questions that separate a studio from a resellerLooking for a web design and development agency in Vellore, Chennai or Bangalore? Nine questions to ask before you sign, what the answers tell you, and how a small design-engineering studio in Tamil Nadu answers them.Agency · Vellore
- 3D and WebGL websites that still load in under two secondsHow a design-engineering studio builds 3D and WebGL websites that stay fast on a mid-range phone: poster first, GPU gating, on-demand rendering, capped pixel ratio and a reduced-motion state that is designed, not forgotten.3D · WebGL
- Core Web Vitals in 2026: the checklist we run before every launchThe three Core Web Vitals Google measures (LCP, INP, CLS), their thresholds, the usual causes of failing them, and the fix list a development studio in Tamil Nadu runs on every site before it goes live.Performance · Core Web Vitals
- Website redesign without losing SEO: the redirect-map checklistMost ranking drops after a redesign come from URLs that changed without a redirect. Here is the redirect map I build before launch, how to test it and what to watch in the weeks after.SEO · Redesign
