Dark mode is not a color swap
Inverting colors is quick, but it breaks contrast, images and depth. A proper dark theme takes more planning.
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design
Daniel Okafor
Daniel leads development at Deneb and has built websites and web apps for over a decade. He cares most about fast, maintainable code and clear handoffs. He writes about the technical side of launches.
Posts by Daniel
process
What a good project brief looks like
A brief with clear goals, limits and owners saves weeks of back and forth. Here is the template we use.
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seo
Technical SEO checks we run before every launch
Eight checks catch most of the problems that hurt search visibility after a new site goes live.
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development
How we choose a website stack
The best tool depends on who edits the site, how often it changes and what it must connect to.
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