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Notes on creative development, the web platform, and shipping fast, distinctive interfaces.
July 1, 2026
7 min read
An award-winning creative agency website case study — how fromanother.love was built with Next.js, GSAP & Prismic, earning FWA of the Day plus Awwwards Site of the Day & Developer Award.
July 1, 2026
11 min read
A GLSL shaders tutorial for web developers — vertex vs fragment shaders, uniforms, attributes, varyings, coordinate spaces, and a worked example you can paste into three.js.
June 29, 2026
7 min read
The real cost of a slow website isn't the host bill — it's the customers who leave before they convert. Here's how site speed drives sales, with the data.
June 27, 2026
7 min read
White label web development for agencies — partner with a creative developer who ships Awwwards-level motion & WebGL under your brand, on your timeline.
June 27, 2026
8 min read
How much does an animated website cost in 2026? A creative developer breaks down real price tiers for WebGL, GSAP and Awwwards-level sites — and what drives the budget.
June 27, 2026
8 min read
How to hire a creative developer for an award-caliber website — what to look for, the questions to ask, red flags, and what premium motion/WebGL work really costs.
June 27, 2026
8 min read
A creative developer's playbook for how to build an award-winning portfolio — what Awwwards judges reward, the Next.js + GSAP + WebGL stack, and how to submit.
June 27, 2026
8 min read
Build the signature WebGL displacement hover effect with a GLSL image displacement shader in React Three Fiber — uniforms, lerp, performance, and a reduced-motion fallback.
June 27, 2026
9 min read
GSAP vs Framer Motion — a senior creative developer compares API model, React fit, scroll, timelines, bundle size, and when each library actually wins.
June 27, 2026
8 min read
How long to build a website? A creative developer's honest project timeline for custom, animated and WebGL sites — real phase durations and what makes it faster or slower.
June 27, 2026
9 min read
Performance for animated websites without killing the motion. How to protect LCP, INP and CLS on GSAP, Lenis and WebGL builds — with real code and numbers.
June 27, 2026
7 min read
An award-winning portfolio website case study — how the Mat Voyce kinetic typography site was built with Next.js, GSAP & Strapi, earning Awwwards SOTD and a GSAP Site of the Year nomination.
June 27, 2026
8 min read
A Minh Pham portfolio case study — how this designer portfolio website was built with GSAP, Three.js & WebGL and won Awwwards Site of the Day (dev score 7.77).
June 27, 2026
8 min read
How the Uncommon Studio creative studio website was built with Next.js, GSAP & Strapi — earning Awwwards Site of the Day, the Awwwards Developer Award and an FWA award.
June 27, 2026
9 min read
What's the real ROI of website animation? A creative developer makes the honest business case for high-motion, WebGL sites — and where the numbers break down.
June 27, 2026
9 min read
How By-Kin won four awards — Awwwards Site of the Day & Developer Award, an FWA, and CSS Design Awards Web of the Day — built with Next.js, GSAP and Strapi.
June 27, 2026
8 min read
A photography portfolio website case study — how the Mathijs Hanenkamp site fused WordPress, GSAP & WebGL into an award-winning, image-led experience (Awwwards Honorable Mention).
June 27, 2026
7 min read
I was just named Awwwards Independent of the Year for the second time. Here's what the award really means — and why consistency, not a lucky hit, is the work.
June 27, 2026
5 min read
Mat Voyce is nominated for GSAP Site of the Year by GreenSock — a motion-led site we built with GSAP, Next.js & Strapi. Here's what the nomination means and how to see it live.
June 27, 2026
9 min read
How to win an Awwwards Site of the Day, from a jury member. The real judging criteria, what jurors reward vs penalize, and the technical polish that decides it.
June 27, 2026
8 min read
Webflow vs custom code for an award-level animated site? An honest comparison of cost, motion ceiling, performance and ownership — and exactly when each one wins.
June 27, 2026
9 min read
What to do when a client doesn't pay — and how to set up freelance web developer contracts, deposits, and milestone payments so non-payment rarely happens.
June 27, 2026
8 min read
A hands-on React Three Fiber tutorial for beginners — set up the Canvas, build a mesh, animate with useFrame, add lights and OrbitControls, and load a 3D model.
June 27, 2026
9 min read
The best award-winning websites of 2026 — a curated roundup of WebGL and Awwwards-level sites, broken down by a jury member on the craft that actually wins.
June 27, 2026
8 min read
How to build award-level animated sites on a headless WordPress + Next.js stack with Three.js and GSAP — architecture, caching, perf budgets and the real trade-offs.
June 27, 2026
9 min read
How to hire a WebGL developer or Three.js developer for 3D web experiences — what they do, what to look for, red flags, costs, and how to brief one well.
June 27, 2026
10 min read
The exact questions to ask a web developer before hiring — a buyer's checklist with the green-flag and red-flag answers, grouped by craft, process, performance, cost, and handover.
June 27, 2026
8 min read
Three.js performance optimization that actually moves the FPS: cut draw calls, batch geometry, dispose memory, and render on demand in React Three Fiber.
June 27, 2026
8 min read
A 3D ecommerce website case study — how DeepSee Commerce was built with Three.js, Next.js and GSAP, kept fast across devices, and earned an Awwwards Honorable Mention.
June 27, 2026
8 min read
What is a creative developer, and how do they differ from a web developer or designer? A clear, buyer-facing guide to the role, the craft, and when to hire one.
June 27, 2026
7 min read
Creative developer vs agency, or a custom website vs template? An honest comparison of cost, speed, and ceiling — so you pick the right build for your brand.
June 25, 2026
7 min read
How we built Iventions — an award-winning events & spaces website that won CSS Design Awards Website of the Month and Awwwards Site of the Day with Next.js, Three.js and GSAP.
June 24, 2026
4 min read
Learn GSAP ScrollTrigger by building the three patterns behind award-winning sites — pinned sections, scrubbed timelines, and parallax — in React/Next.js.
June 24, 2026
5 min read
A practical guide to buttery 60fps smooth scroll in Next.js using Lenis and GSAP ScrollTrigger — setup, scroll-linked animation, and the performance gotchas.
