News.
Case studies, engineering deep dives and consultancy thinking from the Kinetic Axis studio — published only when there is genuinely something to report.
From booking diary to hospitality platform: engineering Pace Venues.
Our flagship case study: mobile apps, web-based venue administration, booking diaries, menu management, Node.js APIs, PostgreSQL and multi-tenant design.
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Keeping national sites healthy.
An ongoing maintenance partnership with CEMEX UK — continuity, updates and performance work for a national construction materials brand.
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ArtCraft vs Adobe: why this studio moved
We cancelled Adobe's subscription and moved the studio to ArtCraft, the free open-source suite built from a clean room in Rust. A week in: it's lightning fast, it skips thirty years of bloat, and it does the jobs we need.
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Our AI coding toolkit, 18 months in: the honest scoreboard
Copilot, Codex, ChatGPT, Cursor, OpenCode and Freebuff — eighteen months of daily use, no benchmark tables, just what each one is actually like to work with and what it does to your bill.
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From concept to creative platform: the story behind Veyra Studio.
How an AI-assisted creative production platform went from naming and branding in April 2026 to an interface-led web experience for planning video work before the shoot.
Read the storyEngineering interaction: exploring fluid dynamics in the browser.
An experimental browser-based fluid simulation: real-time interaction, performance-conscious visual engineering, and why experiments sharpen commercial work.
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Beyond the website: building a 3D first-person experience in the browser.
How an ambitious browser-based FPS concept became a working 3D environment with interactive mechanics, HUD systems and performance-conscious rendering.
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Why we built OPUS: creating a reusable React component library.
Building our own reusable React component system: architecture, accessibility, TypeScript, enterprise interfaces — and why it makes client projects faster.
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Designing eBuyGum: a modern marketplace built around simplicity.
How a marketplace brand, category navigation and product discovery came together — and the commercial thinking behind marketplace architecture.
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Introducing Kinetic Axis: how and why this studio builds.
Why the studio was established in 2026: an engineering-led alternative to template agency work — and what we do, modernise and take over from here.
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NeoDrop: exploring a NAS-first approach to file storage.
Concept work on a NAS-backed file-storage and synchronisation experience: product identity, macOS menu-bar design and installer packaging.
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Beyond the audit: turning SEO and accessibility findings into an engineering roadmap.
How findings from an enterprise SEO and WCAG accessibility review become costed, prioritised engineering tickets — including CMS-specific constraints.
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Connecting technical SEO with real digital growth.
Consultancy thinking on combining technical analysis with a prioritised roadmap — and how SEO work actually connects to growth rather than reports.
Read the storyHow we use AI to accelerate software development without losing quality.
AI-assisted coding in practice: scaffolding, testing, debugging and review — accelerating experienced engineers, never replacing engineering judgement.
Read the storyFive signs you've outgrown off-the-shelf software
Duplicate data entry, spreadsheet middle-brains and workarounds nobody scheduled: the five signals you've outgrown off-the-shelf software.
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Accessibility, performance and SEO should be engineered together.
Semantic HTML serves WCAG, Core Web Vitals and technical SEO at once — why these concerns are engineering fundamentals, not finishing touches.
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SEO and growth plan delivered for Heart of England.
A SEO and growth plan delivered for Heart of England — technical analysis turned into a prioritised improvement roadmap, with an app proposal at cost-evaluation stage.
Read the storyFreebuff and the rise of the free coding agent
Freebuff gives away what others charge monthly for, funded by ads instead of subscriptions. We have been trying it — and it says something bigger about where agent pricing is heading.
Read the storyBuilding on open agents: what OpenCode changes about tool ownership
Open-source terminal agents like OpenCode put the workflow itself in our hands rather than a vendor's. Why that matters more than benchmark points, especially for a studio that owns its stack.
Read the storyCodex in the build loop: where an AI coding agent earns its place
OpenAI's Codex changed how we think about delegation inside a codebase. The lesson so far: agents are excellent at well-scoped work, and the review step is where the real engineering happens.
Read the storyChatGPT as a research partner: how we plan software before we build it
Before a line of code exists, most of the work is questions. Here's how we use ChatGPT to pressure-test ideas, compare approaches and turn loose briefs into buildable plans.
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