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Studio diary
This week in
the studio
Reading
A Month in the CountryJ. L. Carr · 1980
Cooking
Slow leek & potatoOn the stove all afternoon
Listening
Penguin Cafe OrchestraMusic From the Penguin Cafe
Mending
Wool elbow patchVisible darning, second attempt
Week of22April · 2026
Featured · This Week
The long read
The long goodbye to a working kitchen.
After fourteen years of soup, sourdough and three rescued plates, we close the studio kitchen — and ask what a room remembers when its people leave.
The archive
Twelve entries · Spring 2026
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Hello, world — properly this time
The studio blog opens its doors: what to expect from this journal on code, design and quiet income.
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Building a tiny habit tracker in SwiftUI
A build diary in four parts: scope small, ship small, sleep well.
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Small scripts that save the studio hours
Five tiny automations for renaming, resizing and shipping files.
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The quiet art of refactoring old projects
Going back to year-old code without fear (or shame).
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Shipping an app in thirty quiet evenings
The full timeline from empty repo to App Store review.
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Designing app icons developers can draw
A designer’s checklist for the engineer who has to ship one.
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A short letter, every Sunday morning.
New tutorials, design resources and the occasional small tool — delivered gently, once a week.