FN 03 · June 17, 2026
So you inherited a Drupal site: the 2026 survival guide
New job, old Drupal site, no documentation? How to tell which Drupal version you're running, the five checks to run first, and when a $2,500 assessment beats guessing.
FM · June 9, 2026
The handoff checklist: leaving a developer well (in either direction)
The complete transfer list when a website changes hands — what the departing developer delivers, what the owner verifies, and how both sides walk away clean.
FN 09 · April 16, 2026
Nobody should lose a website because one guy stopped answering email
The manifesto behind the rescue practice: abandonment — not hackers, not hosting — is the thing that actually kills small organizations' websites, and every part of Dead North exists to make it survivable.
FM · April 13, 2026
Avoiding the website hostage situation
How organizations end up unable to leave their web vendor, what the lock-in patterns look like from inside, and the contract lines that prevent all of it.
FM · March 2, 2026
When a React app won't compile anymore
JavaScript projects rot faster than any CMS: why a two-year-old untouched React build fails, the triage order that gets it building again, and when to stop resuscitating.
FM · February 16, 2026
Choosing your next developer after a bad experience
The seven questions that separate a real professional from the next bad chapter — and the answers that should end the interview early.
FM · November 3, 2025
Your site got hacked: the first five moves
The calm sequence for a compromised website — what to do in the first hour, what evidence to preserve, and the mistakes panicked owners make that deepen the damage.
FM · October 31, 2025
Still running Magento 1? What that means in plain terms
Magento 1 support ended June 30, 2020. What running a store six-plus years past end-of-life actually exposes, why patches only stretch so far, and the realistic paths off.
FM · June 30, 2025
The .NET sites time forgot
ASP.NET Web Forms sites from the 2000s and 2010s still run half the Midwest's back offices. What 'the framework is done evolving' means, and the realistic paths forward.
FN 01 · June 18, 2025
Drupal 7 to 11: what a rescue actually involves
The honest sequence for getting a Drupal 7 site to Drupal 11 — stabilize first, assess second, migrate third — from an engineer who has moved millions of nodes without losing a record.
FM · June 12, 2025
What breaks first on an abandoned online store
The failure order of an unmaintained store: shipping rates drift, tax falls behind, then a payment API retirement stops revenue outright. Where to look first.
FM · May 19, 2025
Five signs your website is quietly abandoned
The checks anyone can run in ten minutes — no developer required — to find out whether anyone is actually watching your site, before an emergency answers the question for you.
FN · March 27, 2025
Three lookups that tell you what you actually own
Ten minutes, no passwords, no developer: WHOIS your domain, check your DNS, read your site's generator tag — and know your registrar, host, platform, and two expiry dates.
FM · December 19, 2024
What a rescue assessment actually covers
The $2,500 flat assessment, itemized: what gets examined, what the written findings contain, and what you can do with the report whether or not you hire us.
FM · November 21, 2024
Who actually owns your website? The four keys
Domain, hosting, code, content — the four things that constitute owning a website, who holds each one right now, and how to take them back without drama.
FM · November 19, 2024
What to do when your website goes down
A calm order of operations for an outage: confirm it's really down, check the boring causes first — domain, SSL, hosting bill — and know when it's time to call someone.
FN 02 · October 10, 2024
Your web developer disappeared. Here's the 48-hour checklist
Ghosted by your web developer? The first 48 hours, in order: domain, hosting, CMS access, backups — what to secure, what to check, and when it's time for a rescue.
FM · October 7, 2024
Rebuild or rescue? How to actually decide
The honest decision framework for a struggling site: when a rescue-and-stabilize saves real money, when a rebuild is genuinely right, and how to spot a rebuild quote that's really a ransom.