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GDPR has been law since May 2018. It has now been in force for eight years. And yet, in my experience reviewing websites I've been asked to take over or improve, the majority still have meaningful compliance issues — not because their owners are careless, but because GDPR is genuinely more complex than it appears, and because a lot of the advice circulating online is wrong or incomplete. I want to be honest with you, I am not claiming, that I can give you the whole picture here. I am not a lawyer, and nothing in this post should be taken as legal advice.
What I can offer is the perspective of a web developer who has spent years implementing GDPR-compliant solutions — understanding where technical implementation goes wrong, and what a genuinely compliant site looks like versus one that merely has a cookie banner. Because there is a very significant difference between those two things.
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When Dr Jerricah Holder approached me about turning her School Wellbeing Cards system into an app, I immediately knew: I have to get this job. This wasn't just another app project — this was about two things I deeply care about: the human mind and education.
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Generative AI, competition, companion or completely pointless?
As a web designer and developer, I am always on the lookout for the latest tools and technologies that can help my clients to get the best out of their website. One area generating a lot of buzz rencently is AI-assisted copywriting. Is it the secret weapon to crafting quality website content or will it just produce a load of robotic dribble, pulled from a giant can of well polished phrases?
Let's have a closer look at this undeniably fascinating world of AI-powered writing and explore its potential benefit for your website, it's limitations and possible pitfalls.
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If you search for this question on the internet, you will get a lot of answers telling you, that this is impossible. But there is a way to do it and it is not too complicated:
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If you can confirm the following statements, you are perfectly qualified, to create your own website:
- I know all about responsive design best practises.
- I am well versed in all things SEO and SEF.
- I know how to optimize LCP and get rid of render-blocking resources.
- Website metadata and structured data are second nature to me.
Otherwise please read on: