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@bitsandletters.com
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We’re a digital agency helping businesses scale their websites with clarity & craft. Founded by @demar.ee.

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Bits&Letters @bitsandletters.com · 20/05/2026
We've had a few engagements lately where the marketing team hires us to implement a CMS, and then engineering turns up and asks why everything can't just be in the codebase. It's a fair question! @demar.ee wrote up our actual answer: www.bitsandletters.com/ideas/do-yo...
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When AI can write your code, do you still need a CMS? | Bits&Letters
It’s less about the tooling and more about who needs to change which parts of your website at which speeds.
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Bits&Letters @bitsandletters.com · 08/05/2026
Ten years ago, @demar.ee published Git for Humans, a guide to Git and version control aimed at non-coders, like designers and writers. David writes on our blog about the book's legacy and what all has changed (or not) since 2016: www.bitsandletters.com/ideas/ten-y...
Branching tree limbs with delicate buds against a textured, light blue background, suggesting early spring or nature's awakening.
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Bits&Letters @bitsandletters.com · 02/10/2025
Last week we kicked off our newsletter with a look at our gorgeous new logo and brand. Tomorrow, we'll recap Sanity's NYC event, plus some links and updates. Check it out and get yourself on the list: btslttrs.com/letter-2025...
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Bits&Newsletters #1: Pencils, stickers, and lists of links
I’m starting a newsletter for my new-ish web design & dev business, Bits&Letters. (This is it, you’re reading it.)
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Bits&Letters @bitsandletters.com · 01/10/2025
What happens to your business when TikTok gets banned? Or when Instagram changes its algorithm again? If your answer is "I don't know," you need a website. @demar.ee wrote about why a solid web presence still matters more than ever: btslttrs.com/li-why-star...
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Why would anyone start a website in 2025?
Sure, you could build everything on TikTok—but when you need to grow on your own terms, there's nothing like your own corner of the internet.
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Bits&Letters @bitsandletters.com · 29/09/2025
"Websites start failing to scale like Hemingway described going bankrupt: gradually, then suddenly." 💥 @demar.ee breaks down the hidden breaking points that turn your first website from asset to liability: btslttrs.com/bsky-first-...
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Why your first website works until it doesn't
Your scrappy starter site got you this far—but now that you're growing, it's probably holding you back more than helping you move forward.
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Bits&Letters @bitsandletters.com · 16/09/2025
Starting a website feels almost old-fashioned these days. But a good one still does what no platform can: ✅ Establishes credibility ✅ Speaks to many audiences ✅ Belongs fully to you @demar.ee wrote about why a website still matters: www.bitsandletters.com/ideas/why-w...
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Why would anyone start a website in 2025?
Sure, you could build everything on TikTok—but when you need to grow on your own terms, there's nothing like your own corner of the internet.
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Bits&Letters @bitsandletters.com · 16/06/2025
Contributions like ours pay for themselves tenfold every time we look up something like @bell.bz's CSS resets for a client project. And, more importantly, resources like @piccalil.li are foundational to an open, vibrant web platform, and we're proud to offer our support.
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Bits&Letters @bitsandletters.com · 16/06/2025
👋 sup
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🎓 Frontend Design & Development @fdnd.nl · 06/06/2025
We were at CSS Day with a LOT of students, thanks to both @bitsandletters.com and CSS Day for sponsoring them! 🫶
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CSS Day @cssday.nl · 06/06/2025
Thank you to @bitsandletters.com, who sponsor this year's #CSSDay not for themselves, but to make additional student tickets available to the event! Here are all student attendees on our conf stage. (Plus some special guests / photo bombers, can you spot them?) /ht @demar.ee
Student participants posing on the conference stage at CSS Day 2025Student participants posing on the conference stage at CSS Day 2025Student participants posing on the conference stage at CSS Day 2025
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Bits&Letters @bitsandletters.com · 05/05/2025
We'll have a lot more to say about this soon, but we've relaunched the B&L website, just in time for #config2025! www.bitsandletters.com
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Bits&Letters @bitsandletters.com · 24/04/2025
We are pleased to report that the DNS spirits are once again at peace, and we are now @bitsandletters.com on this website. Thank you all for your support during this stressful time.
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Bits&Letters @bitsandletters.com · 22/04/2025
Hey, what's up?
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David Demaree @demar.ee · 22/04/2025
An SEO newsletter, by way of saying that Google’s AI Overviews are hot garbage that hurt click-through rates for every query they touch, pointed out you can get Google to invent definitions for nonsense phrases by searching “(weird phrase) meaning”. So I tested it:
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