Notes from the workshop
What one engineer and a team of AI agents are building, how we do it, and practical guides on websites, stores, apps and AI for NZ businesses.
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What is a progressive web app? A plain guide for NZ businesses
What a progressive web app is, how people install one on iPhone and Android, what it can and cannot do, app store options and what a PWA costs in NZ.
GuidesIs your Lovable app safe? A security checklist for vibe-coded apps
Ten checks for apps built with Lovable, Bolt, Replit or Cursor before real customers use them, with the real incidents behind each one and NZ Privacy Act notes.
GuidesApp development cost in NZ: PWA or native?
What an app costs to build in NZ in 2026: PWAs from $4,990, bigger staged apps $25,000 to $60,000, and how PWAs compare with native iPhone and Android.
Behind the scenesAbout 3,000 commits in four and a half months: what one engineer and a team of AI agents shipped
From June to October 2026, one senior engineer and his AI agents made 2,976 commits across 48 projects. What got built, and what the number doesn't mean.
Behind the scenesInside our Studio: songs, characters and music videos from one person and a team of AI agents
In 18 days our Studio made 2,754 generations of songs, characters and video for about US$119. How the ten-step pipeline works, and what keeps it honest.
Behind the scenesThe night our server died, and the 230 databases that came back
A legacy Windows server failed for good. We recovered more than 230 databases and brought seven old sites back, then changed how we watch for failures.
AI in businessAn AI employee that cannot press send: how we keep our agents on a leash
Our AI agents write code, draft quotes and read our accounts, but none can send, publish or spend without approval. How we set that up, and what went wrong.
Behind the scenesAbout $22 a month in power for what the cloud quotes at $1,681 to $2,868
We run 104 services on one Auckland server for about NZ$22 a month in power. An honest comparison with AWS and Azure, including what the cloud buys you.
E-commerceTrade pricing, quick order and charge to my account: building B2B on WooCommerce
How we're building a B2B WooCommerce store for RBS, a NZ label supplier: trade prices, quick order by SKU, reorder from ERP history and charge to account.
Behind the scenesWe rebuilt our 23-year-old agency website in a day. Here is what the agents did and what I did.
Moving netpotential.co.nz off DNN: 65 pages, 66 redirects and 193 images cut by 86% in a day by AI agents, then the human part, getting the message right.
GuidesHow much does a website cost in NZ in 2026?
Real 2026 prices from an Auckland agency that publishes them: websites from $999, online stores from $2,995, apps from $4,990, and what drives the cost.
From the archive
How we handle your data, and why we will not overclaim it
What you need to know about the upcoming migration to GA4
Integrating Google Pay and/or Apple Pay into your ecommerce website
Planning your new website
What is Web Hosting? & Why your website needs it
5 Tips To Help Improve Your Website's Conversion Rates
New Zealand Retailers are Experiencing a Boom in Online Shopping
The TAB Free Kick campaign we built won gold at the NZ Direct Marketing Awards
The 3 areas every successful online Retailer needs to get right
The future of e-commerce, available to everyone
TAB’s Free Kick at $5m, powered by NetPotential
NetPotential and Black Market featured in Microsoft’s tech news
