Cairo Studio · Journal

Guides and notes from the studio.

Straight answers on what websites, brands and apps cost and how long they take in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, plus notes on how we design and build.

A young lawyer in a dark suit running up the stone steps of a Cairo courthouse at dusk, blurred by a slow shutter.

Before the Options Narrow

Identity, Process

A man sitting alone in an old Cairo theatre as a heavy curtain opens onto a glowing stage

Lighthouse Waits for the Intro

Web Development, Field Notes

A knife sharpener on a Cairo street working a grinding wheel on his bicycle, sparks streaking with the slow shutter

Could Not Load the sharp Module

Web Development, Field Notes

A woman reaching up to a tall shelf of rolled linen in an old Cairo storeroom

Cache the Answers, Check the Ref

Web Development, Process

A woman sweeping a wide brush across a huge blank canvas on a Cairo rooftop

Telling the Model What Not to Draw

Process, Photography

A young bread carrier balancing a wooden tray of flat bread on his head against a dusk sky

A CSS Mask Downloads Before Anyone Scrolls

Web Development, Field Notes

A woman turning in an emptied Cairo room, empty frames left on the walls

A Deploy Put noindex on Eight Pages

Web Development, Field Notes

A courier riding a motorbike away down a narrow Cairo street at dusk

The Fallback That Hid a Broken Form

Studio Notes, Field Notes

A tea seller in a striped galabeya carrying a tray of identical glasses through a Cairo coffeehouse

Five Font Files, One Font

Web Development, Typography

A woman walking through an arched Cairo doorway, the slow shutter leaving overlapping copies of her figure

Every Second Page Counted Twice

Web Development, Field Notes

Two fishermen in one small boat on the Nile at dawn, one casting a wide net

Two Pages Should Not Answer One Search

Studio Notes, Process

A man standing still at the mast of a felucca while the Nile riverbank smears past in long streaks

The Sticky Element That Scrolled Away

Web Development, Field Notes

A porter seen from behind carrying a huge load of white sacks down a Cairo street at dusk

The Page Carried the Whole CMS

Web Development, Field Notes

A woman stacking pale stone blocks into a small even pyramid on a Cairo rooftop

No Short Line Under a Long One

Typography, Process

A woman in a blue dress walking into a narrow Cairo alley lit by a single lamp

The Mobile Branch That Never Ran

Web Development, Field Notes

A man reaching for a key on a periwinkle board of keyholes in an old Cairo hotel lobby, his head smeared by motion

The Class Name That Was Already Taken

Web Development, Field Notes

A man carrying a tall stack of paper through an old Cairo print shop, the sheets lifting and smeared by motion

Ten Empty Articles

Web Development, Process

A printer lifting a freshly printed sheet of bold red and blue shapes from a screen printing frame

Figma Could Not See Our Fonts

Process, Typography

A woman in a dim Cairo workshop turning the wheel of an old cast iron machine, her arm smeared by motion

The Test Machine Has No Graphics Card

Web Development, Field Notes

A man in an old Cairo workshop pulling one long thread through plain periwinkle cloth, his arm smeared by motion

You Can't Split an Arabic Word

Web Development, Typography

A woman sliding a kraft paper parcel along a wooden counter in a small Cairo boutique

The Card Form That Charged Nobody

Process, Field Notes

A woman on a Cairo rooftop at dusk speaking into an old telephone handset, its loose cord swinging below her

The Analytics Snippet That Sent Nothing

Web Development, Field Notes

A man walking through a projector beam in an old Cairo cinema, his figure smeared by a slow shutter, the wall ahead bare

61fps and Nothing on Screen

Web Development, Field Notes

A performer holding flat cut-out shapes against a glowing cloth screen, their shadows falling in one solid colour

Every Client Logo in One Colour

Identity, Field Notes