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Field notes from the engineering side of the studio: the architectures, trade-offs and methods behind the platforms in our work. Written by the people who ship and operate them.

Point of view · January 10, 2026

Beyond the PDF: Why We Are Building the “Proof of Learn” Ecosystem

Almanac isn’t just a new project. It is the culmination of a decade of shipping premium platforms, complex data architectures, and educational scale.

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Engineering case study · January 9, 2026

Modernizing Legacy Monoliths with Next.js & AWS

How we helped abcMallorca decouple their infrastructure to achieve sub-second page loads, trilingual SEO mastery, and 99.9% uptime.

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Engineering case study · January 9, 2026

The “Source of Truth” Architecture

Project: Charles Marlow & Bros — the technical breakdown of a headless operating system that manages millions of euros in assets and automated 80% of manual operations.

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Engineering case study · January 9, 2026

Scaling to 40k Users on Edge Networks

Project: Moi Social Learning — the offline-first architecture that let us process real-time learning data and payments in regions with unstable 3G connections.

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Engineering case study · January 8, 2026

The “Venture Builder” Methodology

Projects: Karafe, Zuqini, Apolo (the Sqale portfolio) — why we ship functional MVPs in weeks instead of six-month waterfalls, and how that moved three Swiss startups from slide deck to growth stage.

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Engineering case study · January 8, 2026

The “Design-First” Execution Strategy

How we partner with Positive Design to turn uncompromising minimalist vision into high-performance digital reality.

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