Studio Notes

Field notes from the studio.

Architectural decisions, citation mechanics, and what we have learned shipping over one hundred thirty production builds. New posts monthly, written by Joseph.

Editorial Roadmap

First posts dropping June 2026.

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Architecture

Coming June 2026

Content First architecture, explained in plain English

Why every page should render its substance in HTML before any JavaScript runs, and what it costs you when it does not.

AIO

Coming June 2026

How AI Overview decides who to cite

The signal pattern that gets a page picked for Google AI Overview, ChatGPT search, and Perplexity. What changes between them and what stays the same.

Strategy

Coming July 2026

The four pillars of modern visibility

SEO, AEO, AIO, and GEO. Where each one starts, where they overlap, and how they reinforce one another when run together.

Authority

Coming July 2026

Claiming your Wikidata entry as an SEO move

Why Wikidata is the most underrated authority signal on the modern web and how to claim and curate your entry without getting reverted.

AI Crawlers

Coming August 2026

llms.txt and what AI crawlers actually read

A field report on what GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and Google Extended actually fetch, what they ignore, and what your robots policy should say.

Stack Decisions

Coming August 2026

Static HTML versus React for SEO in 2026

The decision tree the studio uses to pick between hand coded HTML, Next.js static export, and React Vite. What each stack costs and earns.

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