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Projects, practical lessons, and signals from the field.
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Three ways to see how SloanOps works.
See how we build the business, design dependable web platforms, and solve real-world problems when the plan meets reality.
Building a dependable business
See the practical work behind SloanOps: forming the company, creating trustworthy public profiles, choosing useful partnerships, and building repeatable systems that help us serve clients consistently.
Building reliable websites
Follow the path from a domain and Cloudflare to DigitalOcean, containers, WordPress, media storage, and monitoring. We explain how the pieces support a site that is maintainable, resilient, and ready to grow.
Solving real-world problems
Explore client improvements, workshop builds, and field projects. We share the decisions, surprises, and course corrections that turn an imperfect starting point into a useful finished result.
Latest dispatches
From the workbench and the server room.
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The Shed That Needed a Foundation: A One-Hour Move That Became a Build
What began as a one-hour shed move became a lesson in foundations, field improvisation, and the surprising amount of space required by one lawn mower.
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Getting SloanOps Online: From Domain Name to Working Platform
A website feels like one thing when it loads in a browser. Behind the screen, it is a chain of systems with different jobs: the domain points, the…
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Starting SloanOps: Building the Business Before the Website
A business does not begin when the website goes live. It begins with a name, a legal structure, a way for customers to find it, and enough operational…
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Building a 12-Foot Butcher-Block Desk, Part 1: The First 6 Feet
Part 1 of a two-section, 12-foot birch butcher-block desk build: routing, sanding, Golden Oak stain, satin polyurethane, real mistakes, and lessons for the second half.
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