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Thoughts on content systems, frontend architecture, and the tools we use daily. Occasionally opinionated.


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Sanity Log Analyzer: see where you're blowing your usage

We built a free CLI that turns Sanity's request log export into a report of where your bandwidth goes. Here's what it found on our own starter.

Sne Tripathi
Hrithik Prasad
Jono Alford
Chibuike Maduabuchi
Sne, Hrithik, Jono, and Chibuike
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I guess we're building knowledge bases now

Sanity shipped Knowledge Bases in Context this month. What a build actually does, the five objections we get on calls, and where a compiled index won't help you.

Jono Alford
Sne Tripathi
Tope Akintola
Aayush Bharti
Jono, Sne, Tope, and Aayush
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11 min read

Mux + Sanity: do you really need a DAM?

Every enterprise headless build hits the DAM question eventually. What Sanity's Media Library and Mux already cover, what a DAM really costs in 2026, and the one case where a dedicated DAM still earns its keep.

Jono Alford
Hrithik Prasad
Aayush Bharti
Sne Tripathi
Jono, Hrithik, Aayush, and Sne
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Never "design" an OG again

How to render 1200x630, 1080x1080, and 1080x1350 social images from one next/og template in turbo-start-sanity, with real render timings.

Jono Alford
Tope Akintola
Jono and Tope
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18 min read

Build it right once

The AI shift didn't replace SEO. It raised the bar. Here's what moves the needle across search, AI answers, speed, and accessibility, and what's noise.

Hrithik Prasad
Jono Alford
Sne Tripathi
Hrithik, Jono, and Sne
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21 min read

Next.js 16.3 for dummies

Instant navigations explained in plain English, plus our upgrade to 16.3, the cache components PR we parked, and the 341KB we cut instead.

Jono Alford
Sne Tripathi
Hrithik Prasad
Aayush Bharti
Jono, Sne, Hrithik, and Aayush
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15 min read

How to use Remotion agent skills with Claude Code

How a Remotion agent skill stops Claude Code hand-rolling scene chrome: the shared kit, motion tokens, and the drift that forced us to build it.

Jono Alford
Aayush Bharti
Jono and Aayush
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The top 5 Sanity agencies in 2026, ranked by us

We read every 'top Sanity agencies' listicle, noticed who writes them, and decided to do it properly. Number one may not surprise you.

Jono Alford
Sne Tripathi
Jono and Sne
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Next.js AEO/GEO/SEO whatever you want to call it: guide

AEO, GEO, or just SEO: the playbook is the same. Metadata, JSON-LD, sitemaps, and content negotiation, implemented on a production Next.js site.

Jono Alford
Sne Tripathi
Hrithik Prasad
Tope Akintola
Jono, Sne, Hrithik, and Tope
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