Blog
Long-form pieces
Migration writeups, agency operations notes, host-level performance findings.
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2026-05-01
Kinsta vs WP Engine for WooCommerce Stores Doing $50k/Month
Two real client stores at the $50k/mo GMV tier, one on each host. Kinsta wins dynamic-query throughput with Redis on, WP Engine wins out-of-the-box caching for content-heavy catalogues. Honest tradeoffs and May 2026 pricing.
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2026-04-30
WordPress host TTFB benchmark — 11 hosts, 30 days of data (April 2026)
Sampled TTFB on 11 WordPress hosts every 24h for 30 days. Rocket.net dominates at 86 ms, SiteGround slid to 301 ms, and Pressable was the surprise of the month.
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2026-04-29
I Migrated 22 Agency Client Sites Off SiteGround in Q1 2026. Here's What Actually Beats It.
Renewal pricing tripled, GrowBig started throttling us. Real numbers on what we picked instead — Cloudways, Rocket.net, WP Engine, Kinsta.