Alyon Journal https://alyon.studio/ Field notes from an in-house web studio: pricing, process, and the engineering decisions behind the websites and platforms we build like they're ours. en-us Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT Astro or Next.js: choosing a stack for a marketing site https://alyon.studio/journal/astro-or-nextjs-for-marketing-sites https://alyon.studio/journal/astro-or-nextjs-for-marketing-sites When a content site is better served by Astro’s zero-JS-by-default model, when Next.js earns its weight, and how we decide between them. Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT What “fixed-fee” actually means for a web project https://alyon.studio/journal/what-fixed-fee-actually-means https://alyon.studio/journal/what-fixed-fee-actually-means Fixed-fee isn’t a discount — it’s a different way of agreeing scope. How dated milestones and written scopes move risk off your invoice. Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT How much should a landing page cost? https://alyon.studio/journal/how-much-should-a-landing-page-cost https://alyon.studio/journal/how-much-should-a-landing-page-cost What drives the price of a landing page, what a fair fixed fee includes, and how to tell a $900 page from a $9,000 one. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT