https://zalize.com/posts/ Memos and notes from Zalize, an independent studio making small, honest, privacy-first tools. en https://zalize.com/posts/built-to-stay-small/ https://zalize.com/posts/built-to-stay-small/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Twelve products from a studio you can count on one hand — why we cap scope on purpose, and how a small surface area keeps every tool honest, fast and maintained. https://zalize.com/posts/polish-is-a-feature/ https://zalize.com/posts/polish-is-a-feature/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Eight audit rounds against the live zalize.com — 26 fixes across accessibility, performance, SEO and visual craft, and why we treat polish as a feature with a budget. https://zalize.com/posts/the-day-the-relay-went-down/ https://zalize.com/posts/the-day-the-relay-went-down/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT A real production incident: the AI relay behind four of our products failed in one day, and how we cut over to DeepSeek — written up in the open, because the process is part of the product. https://zalize.com/posts/one-design-system/ https://zalize.com/posts/one-design-system/ Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT How we rebuilt zalize.com from a patchwork of borrowed styles into one coherent design system — and what it taught us about honesty in design. https://zalize.com/posts/designing-the-strata-mark/ https://zalize.com/posts/designing-the-strata-mark/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The story behind the Zalize brand: three offset strata, a wordmark set in a single weight, and why a small studio bothers with a real brand system. https://zalize.com/posts/the-high-ground/ https://zalize.com/posts/the-high-ground/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Where the high ground will be in software and computing in 2026-2031 — a memo from the Zalize studio on interaction, context and trust.