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WordPress Website Audit Checklist

Auditing your WordPress site is essential to ensure its optimal performance, security, and user experience. Here’s a comprehensive checklist based on the information gathered from…

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Headless Commerce: A Guide for Marketers

The digital landscape is ever-evolving, and with it, the way businesses approach e-commerce. One of the most significant shifts in recent years is the rise…

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Shopify Hydrogen: A Guide for Beginners

We spend a lot of our time building headless applications and we absolutely love Shopify Hydrogen. Shopify Hydrogen is the latest technology from Shopify, designed…

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How to quickly validate an App Idea

Validating an app idea quickly is crucial before investing time and resources into development. Here’s a streamlined process based on commonly advised steps: Clearly Define…

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Why Website Performance Matters

Website performance is a critical aspect of the digital experience. It’s not just about how quickly a site loads, but also how it responds to…

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A Comprehensive Guide to WordPress Speed Optimization

Speed is the essence of a good user experience. Websites that load swiftly are not only favored by users but also by search engines, which…

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Why is it called headless architecture?

Headless architecture is a software development approach that separates the frontend (user interface) from the backend (business logic and data storage). This decoupling allows developers…

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Headless SEO

Is headless good for SEO? Headless CMS can be great for SEO, but it’s important to understand the unique challenges and opportunities that come with…

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Headless AI

Headless enables AI and Machine Learning Headless architectures refer to systems where the frontend (what the user interacts with) is decoupled from the backend (where…

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Transitioning to Headless

A headless approach to software development decouples the front-end presentation layer from the back-end content management system (CMS). This gives developers more flexibility and agility,…

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Headless Use Cases

Premium E-Commerce Brands  Building an e-commerce website has traditionally been a huge challenge – with multiple platform options that all check different boxes. Whether it…

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Benefits of Going Headless

Going headless has some insane benefits. While the short term pain of migration may hurt, shifting paradigms within your company can bring some powerhouse capabilities…

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Traditional (Monolithic) vs. Headless Architectures

Brief overview of architectural evolution in software Software architecture has evolved over time to address the challenges of increasing complexity, scale, and agility. Traditional monolithic…

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Introduction to Headless

ELI5  Imagine you are building a LEGO structure, where the top part is a beautifully designed house and the bottom part is a platform on…

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An Introductory Guide to Google Analytics 4 (GA4)

What it is, when it’s coming, and why you should care We are less than a year away from Google putting standard Universal Analytics properties…

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Headless CMS: When to Use and Why

When it comes to content management systems (CMS), there are two main types: traditional and headless. A traditional CMS is one in which the presentation…

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Is Your App Optimized?

Whether it’s architecture, infrastructure, devops or developer experience, there is so much you can do to optimize your digital product.

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Practical Examples of Machine Learning for a Product Manager

It’s a common query to ask the difference between machine learning versus artificial intelligence (AI). companies.

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Top Tech Events of Summer 2019

A review of the best tech events in Indy over the summer of 2019.

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Designing Apps from the Inside Out

Read about why Crafted Labs approaches every design process from the inside out—and what that means for efficiency and quality.

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UI vs UX: Teamwork = Success

User interface and user experience are typically lumped together – learn about the differences and how both are needed to optimize client satisfaction.

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How Design Thinking Can Shape Your App Idea

Focusing on three key concepts early on can be the difference between an average app and a world-changing product.

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Crafted is Going to the Mira Awards!

One of Crafted’s favorite projects, The Big App, is nominated for a Mira Award! Read about our collaboration with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Indiana to create an impactful application.

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Sean Hise Talks Design Systems at #ProjectProduct

Access the presentation our CEO gave at the Project Product Conference about the secret sauce to aligning marketing, products, and your bottom line.

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Design Systems, According to a Designer

Design systems are used by the top brands in the world to keep consistency amongst marketing, design and development teams as they continually evolve their digital products.

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Amazon Web Services 101

Wondering what Amazon Web Services can do for your organization? AWS provides an unrivaled set of web tools that can dramatically increase your computing power and network connectivity.

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Design Processes in a Small Team Environment

Our step-by-step guide to efficiently managing the design process within your team to ensure the client’s needs are met and goals are achieved.

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Questions to Ask Your CIO About Progressive Web Apps

Is your company ready for the next evolution of its website? Your CIO can offer insight into whether a Progressive Web Application is the right next move for your organization.

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Hey Google, Why PWAs?

Google needs the internet to keep on keepin’ on. So, they have dialed in on the metrics to see the Web grow and find success.

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Make Your Website Faster, Better and More Secure with a PWA

Progressive Web Apps are the new gold standard for building a fast, high quality website.

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