TECHNICAL KNOW-HOW

We practise
what we preach.

Good advice needs a working understanding of the technology behind it. Our own projects keep us close to the decisions, details and trade-offs your team faces.

WHY IT MATTERS

Better questions.
More useful advice.

From how a page reaches the browser to how an enquiry becomes a meaningful signal, the implementation affects what you can learn and improve.

We can have an informed conversation with your developers and technology partners, challenge assumptions and connect technical choices to the customer experience and commercial goals.

01 / OUR OWN PROJECTS

Before You Start

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Before You Start: clearer decisions before your next digital project

FROM EXPLORATION TO ENQUIRY

Understand the decisions
behind the next step.

Before You Start helps businesses explore the decisions, risks and expert input behind a digital project. We built measurement into the experience, from the journey someone explores to an accepted enquiry.

  • Astro & TypeScript
  • EmDash CMS
  • Cloudflare Workers
  • D1, R2 & KV
01 / INTERESTExplore a journey

See which guidance a visitor chooses to explore.

02 / ENGAGEMENTUse the guidance

Distinguish views, choices and copy actions.

03 / INTENTStart an enquiry

Recognise form starts, attempts and errors.

04 / OUTCOMEConfirm acceptance

Record a lead only after the server accepts the enquiry.

The measurement lesson: a click is not the same as a lead. The event design keeps those steps separate and keeps personal enquiry details out of analytics fields.

02 / OUR OWN PROJECTS

GowerLive

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GowerLive coastal conditions, tides, weather and webcams

KNOWING WHEN DATA IS USEFUL

Live information needs
visible context.

GowerLive brings weather observations, wave readings, tide predictions and webcams into one coastal experience. We built the data flow as well as the interface, so the information can be understood in context.

  • Astro & TypeScript
  • Cloudflare Workers
  • D1 data storage
  • Scheduled data imports
01 / COLLECTBring readings together

Import weather and buoy information through scheduled jobs.

02 / TIMESTAMPKeep the observation time

Retain when a reading was measured, not just when it was fetched.

03 / CHECKMake freshness visible

Identify old or unavailable observations and record import outcomes.

04 / EXPLAINGive people the context

Show observation times and distinguish readings from tide predictions.

The measurement lesson: the value of live data depends on its quality and freshness. Knowing whether the system is collecting useful information is part of understanding the experience.

Read about the GowerLive setup

MEASUREMENT THAT HELPS YOU DECIDE

Build understanding
into the experience.

Visitor behaviour and operational health answer different questions. Both need a clear purpose and a trustworthy signal.

01

Start with a useful question

Decide what you need to learn before choosing events, reports or tools. A measure should support a decision.

02

Separate activity from outcomes

A page view, a button click and a successfully accepted enquiry tell you different things. Keep those distinctions visible.

03

Check the quality of the signal

Understand when information was recorded, whether an operation succeeded and where a reading may be incomplete.

04

Give the evidence a purpose

Use what you learn to improve the experience, focus the next investigation or review your priorities.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU

Independent advice.
Technical fluency.

You keep your delivery team and specialist partners. We help you ask the right questions, understand the options and connect the technical detail to what your business needs.

Audit your measurement

Audits

Strategy

YOUR NEXT MOVE

A technical question?
Let’s make it clearer.

Talk to us about your website, measurement or a technology decision you’re working through.

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