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Notes from
the studio.

Things we've learned, broken, rebuilt, and sometimes cared enough about to write down.

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— UPDATED WEEKLY
OCT 3, 2026— DESIGNThe UX Audit Checklist We Run Before Any RedesignThe ten checks we run on a client's site before we'll quote a redesign, and what happened when we turned the same checklist on our own homepage.→SEP 30, 2026— STUDIOHow to Brief a Design Agency (So Scope Doesn't Creep Later)A practical brief template for hiring a web design agency, and the questions we wish every client asked before kickoff, so a few small additions never turns into a second project no one budgeted for.→SEP 23, 2026— ENGINEERINGIs Your Website Built for AI Search? A 2026 Technical ChecklistAI Overviews and chat-based search now settle two out of three queries without a click. Here's the technical checklist we run on every Redmonk project to keep client sites structured, crawlable, and citable by the AI systems that increasingly stand between you and your next customer.→SEP 12, 2026— DESIGNWebsite Accessibility Audit Checklist: What SEBI's October Deadline Means (Even If You're Not Regulated)SEBI's WCAG 2.1 AA deadline for regulated platforms lands October 31, 2026, with penalties that run past ₹25 crore. Here's the audit checklist we run on every project, and why it's worth doing whether or not a regulator is watching your business.→SEP 17, 2026— ENGINEERINGIs Your Website Redesign DPDP-Ready? A ChecklistIndia's DPDP consent manager rules take effect this November, but the board meant to enforce them still doesn't have a chair. Here's the website audit checklist to run now, before the rules (and the redesign requests) catch up with you.→SEP 5, 2026— DESIGNHire a Web Designer in India, Not an AI BuilderAI website builders promise a live site in minutes, not a customer. Here's what founders should weigh before skipping a real web design agency for a template that outgrows itself in eighteen months.→

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