Notes on frontend architecture, design, and building products, from the stillidea studio.https://stillidea.net/enhttps://stillidea.net/journal/vellum-wordpress-live/https://stillidea.net/journal/vellum-wordpress-live/Vellum, our architecture and interior design template, is now a full WordPress theme. Built on Gutenberg with no page builder required, and available on ThemeForest today.Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTProductQasim Hassan Khanhttps://stillidea.net/journal/building-quotestudio/https://stillidea.net/journal/building-quotestudio/For years I sent quotes in one place, tracked projects in another, and chased invoices in a third — re-typing the same numbers every time. So I built the loop I wanted: quote to paid, one tool, nothing re-typed. Here's the why behind QuoteStudio.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTProductQasim Hassan Khanhttps://stillidea.net/journal/framework-fragmentation/https://stillidea.net/journal/framework-fragmentation/When a product is built across multiple frameworks, teams rebuild the same UI again and again — and velocity quietly dies. Here's why it happens, what it costs, and how framework-agnostic web components fix it.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTProcessQasim Hassan Khanhttps://stillidea.net/journal/meridian-wordpress-coming/https://stillidea.net/journal/meridian-wordpress-coming/The HTML template that started as a coffee-shop side project is becoming a full WordPress theme. Here's what's changing, what's staying, and when you can get it.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTProductQasim Hassan Khanhttps://stillidea.net/journal/why-i-write-html-by-hand/https://stillidea.net/journal/why-i-write-html-by-hand/Page builders are faster to start and slower to live with. After a decade of shipping templates, here's why I keep writing the markup myself.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCraftQasim Hassan Khanhttps://stillidea.net/journal/greige-system-vellum/https://stillidea.net/journal/greige-system-vellum/Vellum is built on one warm neutral and a lot of discipline. A look at the colour system, the four variants, and why restraint sells.Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTProcessQasim Hassan Khanhttps://stillidea.net/journal/800-themeforest-sales/https://stillidea.net/journal/800-themeforest-sales/Twelve years on a marketplace, 60-plus products, 800-plus buyers. The lessons that actually moved the needle — and the ones I wish I'd learned sooner.Fri, 08 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTBusinessQasim Hassan Khanhttps://stillidea.net/journal/template-doesnt-look-like-template/https://stillidea.net/journal/template-doesnt-look-like-template/The tells that scream 'bought theme' — and the design decisions that make a template feel custom-built instead.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTDesignQasim Hassan Khanhttps://stillidea.net/journal/end-to-end-studio/https://stillidea.net/journal/end-to-end-studio/Design, build, document, support — handled by two people who actually talk to each other. Why end-to-end ownership beats a relay race of hand-offs.Fri, 10 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTStudioQasim Hassan Khan