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Notes on building better software

Research, guides, and engineering notes from the team at Akazuki Works on planning, building, and running fast, modern websites and web applications.

Guide

How to Choose a Web Development Agency

Choosing the right web development agency helps turn that first impression into a practical business asset. The goal is a site that is fast, clear, scalable, and built around your goals.

David Leon Engelmann · September 25, 2026

What we write about

  • Planning & budgeting — What custom software and websites really cost, how to scope a project, and how to avoid paying for the same work twice.
  • Engineering — Architecture, TypeScript, testing, and the day-to-day decisions that keep a codebase maintainable long after launch.
  • Performance & SEO — Core Web Vitals, crawlable markup, and the technical groundwork that helps search engines find and trust your site.
  • Working with a studio — How we run projects, what to expect from a senior in-house team, and questions worth asking any agency before you sign.

Written by the people who do the work

Every guide here is written from the same work we do for clients: planning, designing, building, and supporting websites and web applications as a senior, in-house team in London and Tbilisi. The advice comes from what we see on real projects, not from theory.

We write for the people who commission and run websites, not just for other developers. That means plain answers to practical questions — what a project should cost, how to compare agencies, what makes a site fast, and what to ask before you sign — so you can make better decisions whether or not you work with us.

If a guide raises a question about your own project, talk to us directly. You’ll reach the team that designs and builds, not a sales queue.

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