The tools, habits and hours behind the work.
A plain code editor, dark theme, one font.
Boring, battle-tested SQL.
One monitor, warm lamp, no notifications.
Simple servers with good backups.
Real devices and a screen reader.
Deep work from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Seconds to first meaningful paint on recent projects (fictional clients).
It just works. Our students noticed on day one — and so did our front desk.
Readers stopped complaining about speed. Ad revenue went up the same month.
Leo explained every trade-off in plain English. Rare and wonderful.
Example reviews for a fictional business.