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Notes from the studio.

Stories from building our products, what we've learned running infrastructure for startups, and the occasional opinion piece.

May 19, 2026

Kids, screens, and the paper that brings them back

We didn't set out to launch a kids site. We set out to print one good maze on a Saturday morning. The rest grew out from there.

kidsparentingscreenstinytreks
3 min read
April 2, 2025

How to actually reduce your AWS bill

Most AWS cost-cutting guides are wrong. They optimise the wrong things. Here's the order we actually go in, based on the bills we've taken apart for customers and ourselves.

infrastructureaws
3 min read
March 4, 2025

Infrastructure monitoring and SRE for early-stage startups

You don't need a five-person SRE team. You need a small set of habits that catch the right problems early. Here's what we run for ourselves and for our customers.

infrastructureengineering
2 min read
February 10, 2025

How to reduce New Relic data usage without going blind

A field guide to cutting your New Relic bill in half without losing the visibility you actually need. Lessons from running our customers' production fleets.

infrastructureengineering
2 min read
January 22, 2025

Narrative AI: a simple guide for business teams

Narrative AI isn't just about processing data. It's about storytelling, context, and the small acts of meaning-making that humans do without thinking.

aiessays
2 min read
November 14, 2024

The story behind Dr. Notes: from frustration to innovation

Healthcare documentation is broken, especially outside the big-city hospitals. Dr. Notes is our attempt at fixing it from the practitioner's side.

productdrnoteshealthcare
2 min read
October 8, 2024

Why we built quto.dev

Quto.dev wasn't part of some grand startup plan. It started because we all got tired.

productquto
2 min read
September 20, 2024

How a weekend project turned into MockRounds.com

I've always been fascinated by quizzes. They grab attention in a way static content never does. One weekend, that fascination became a product.

productmockrounds
2 min read
August 12, 2024

Welcome to Adhish's blog

A short note on why we're starting to write in public after years of quietly shipping.

studio
1 min read