Design
Typography for people who are not typographers
You do not need to know what a ligature is to make text look good. Six decisions carry almost all of the weight, and most of them are about restraint.
Stephen Arthur2 min read
#Tools
Everything tagged Tools.
7 posts
Productivity
A practical guide to deep work in a noisy job
Most focus advice assumes you control your calendar. Here is what actually works when you do not.
Stephen Arthur2 min read
Photography
The camera you already own is better than you think
Sensor size stopped being the bottleneck a while ago. Light, distance and patience are doing most of the work in every photograph you admire.
Stephen Arthur1 min read
Technology
Small models, big deployments: where inference is heading
The interesting frontier is no longer the largest model on a benchmark. It is the smallest model that clears the bar for a specific job.
Stephen Arthur2 min read
Design
Designing an admin interface people do not dread
Internal tools get the least design attention and are used the most hours per user. That trade is exactly backwards.
Stephen Arthur1 min read
Technology
The economics of a five-dollar server in 2026
Managed platforms are excellent and expensive. For a personal site, a small VPS is still absurdly good value — with a few caveats worth knowing up front.
Stephen Arthur1 min read
Lifestyle
Cooking for one without the waste
Recipes assume four people. Shopping assumes a family. Here is a system built around the actual constraint: half a bunch of coriander going bad on Thursday.
Stephen Arthur1 min read