# remiam.co.uk > AI-optimized mirror of remiam.co.uk containing 50 pages totalling 31,405 words of clean markdown content, structured data, and semantic HTML. Original source: https://remiam.co.uk/. Last updated: 2026-06-13T20:24:36.088Z. Each page is available as HTML (with JSON-LD structured data) and Markdown (text-only, ideal for LLMs and RAG). ## Homepage - [Products](/content/site-root.html): UK innovation studio engineering bespoke systems, interactive products, and brand installations since 2014. Built end-to-end. (1,537 words) ## Articles & Blog Posts - [tags/index.html](/content/tags/index.html) (1 words) - [notes/index.html](/content/notes/index.html) (1 words) - [portfolio/index.html](/content/portfolio/index.html) (1 words) - [Why GTM gets messy in the first place](/content/notes/google-tag-manager-set-it-up-properly/index.html): A Google Tag Manager setup that holds up — variables, triggers, consent gating, naming conventions, audits, and the discipline that stops your container becoming a graveyard. (956 words) - [Two halves of one product](/content/notes/arduino-webrtc-virtual-santa/index.html): Building a Covid-era Virtual Santa for Westfield: WebRTC video calls plus an Arduino-driven Christmas tree controlled live through a custom API. Architecture, code, lessons. (992 words) - [The state of the platform](/content/notes/arkit-and-the-ar-that-almost-arrived/index.html): ARKit, ARCore, and what AR actually looks like in production in 2018 — what brands keep asking for, what works, and what to recommend instead. (1,017 words) - [What GDPR actually says, in plain terms](/content/notes/gdpr-what-we-changed-everywhere/index.html): A practical post-GDPR audit of what changed across our client systems — cookies, contact forms, data retention, vendor contracts, and what we would do differently from scratch. (1,077 words) - [Side-by-side comparison](/content/notes/figma-vs-adobe-xd-2019/index.html): Figma vs Adobe XD in 2019 — a deep head-to-head from a working studio that uses both, with feature comparison table, pricing, and the recommendation we give every client. (724 words) - [The notch](/content/notes/iphone-x-face-id-and-the-notch/index.html): iPhone X launch reactions — Face ID, the notch, the end of the home button, and what every web and product team needs to do about it. (1,068 words) - [Testimonials About Remiam](/content/reviews/index.html): What clients, partners, and peers have said about Remiam, 2017 — 2026. Verified recommendations sourced from LinkedIn. (1,871 words) - [Privacy Policy — Remiam](/content/privacy/index.html): How Remiam handles personal data — what we collect, why, how long we keep it, and the rights you have under UK GDPR. (848 words) - [Core Web Vitals](/content/notes/core-web-vitals-what-moves-the-needle/index.html): Core Web Vitals — LCP, CLS, INP — explained for engineers and product owners. Real-world fixes that move the score, with thresholds, examples, and references. (805 words) - [The smart-speaker market right now](/content/notes/homepod-and-the-voice-ui-moment/index.html): Notes on Apple HomePod, Amazon Alexa, Google Home and the 2017 voice-UI moment — what brands should actually build for voice, what they shouldn't, and where the platform is heading. (968 words) - [Unified memory](/content/notes/how-apple-silicon-actually-works/index.html): A practical explainer of the Apple Silicon architecture — unified memory, P/E cores, Neural Engine, media engine — and how it affects real developer workloads. (804 words) - [What Figma got right](/content/notes/figma-is-eating-design/index.html): Why Figma is replacing Sketch as the default UI design tool in 2018 — multiplayer collaboration, browser-first delivery, and the migration playbook for studios. (694 words) - [The architecture we landed on](/content/notes/building-for-the-pandemic/index.html): Building virtual-audience and remote-event systems during the pandemic — what we learned shipping live broadcast tools in days, not quarters, and the architecture that powered millions of viewers. (799 words) - [What the regulators have made clear](/content/notes/cookie-banners-and-consent/index.html): Cookie banners done well — the legal, ethical, and UX version. What to gate, what not to gate, the patterns regulators are punishing, and a code example of the wiring. (777 words) - [The headline changes](/content/notes/chrome-manifest-v3-what-changed/index.html): Chrome Manifest V3 in early 2024 — what changed, what broke, where ad blockers stand, and what extension developers should actually do now. (556 words) - [The connector history, for context](/content/notes/ipad-pro-usb-c-finally/index.html): Apple's switch to USB-C on the 2018 iPad Pro and what it changes for studios, installations, and anyone wiring an iPad into custom hardware. (661 words) - [When edge is the right call](/content/notes/edge-installations-not-a-compromise/index.html): When on-premise / edge installations are the right call, not a compromise — privacy, latency, resilience, cost, and the decision framework we apply. (727 words) - [Apple Vision Pro Launch](/content/notes/apple-vision-pro-should-clients-care/index.html): Apple Vision Pro launched in February 2024 — when it is worth building for, when it is not, and what to tell clients who keep asking about spatial computing. (520 words) - [What's actually different vs the base M1](/content/notes/m1-pro-and-max-pro-machines/index.html): M1 Pro and M1 Max MacBook Pros — first-hand notes from a small studio running them on real workloads. What changed, what got faster, what we would still wait for. (518 words) - [Browser support, finally](/content/notes/container-queries-are-here/index.html): CSS container queries are stable in 2023 — what they fix, where they replace media queries, browser support, and how Remiam uses them in real component libraries. (698 words) - [When dark mode actually earns its keep](/content/notes/dark-mode-everywhere/index.html): When dark mode is worth shipping in a product, when it is not, and the design-system work that has to happen before you ship one properly. (806 words) - [Seven shapes, eight years](/content/notes/ipod-nano-the-format-experiment/index.html): iPod Nano — seven generations, no fixed shape, every version obsolete within two years. A retrospective on Apple’s most experimental product line. (586 words) - [What kills a form](/content/notes/form-design-as-conversion/index.html): Form design as the unsung conversion feature — the patterns Remiam ships, why default browser inputs almost always lose, and what to fix first. (464 words) - [What the gear looks like now](/content/notes/five-years-of-eye-tracking/index.html): Five years of running eye-tracking user research at Remiam — what changed in the gear, the methodology, and the patterns we keep finding across product categories. (597 words) - [What changed](/content/notes/headless-cms-vs-wordpress-2025/index.html): Headless CMS vs WordPress in 2025 — Sanity, Strapi, Directus, Payload, Nuxt Studio compared, and how to choose based on the actual editing team. (508 words) - [What's exceptional about the hardware](/content/notes/m4-ipad-pro-most-interesting-ipad/index.html): Apple announces the M4 iPad Pro in May 2024 — the M-series chip launches on a tablet before any Mac. What is interesting, what is frustrating, and who should buy one. (517 words) - [Apple's transition history](/content/notes/apple-silicon-the-bet/index.html): WWDC 2020 reaction — Apple announces the Mac transition to Apple Silicon. What it means for studios, for Intel, and for the next decade of Mac hardware. (804 words) - [The premise](/content/notes/ipod-shuffle-music-without-a-screen/index.html): A reflection on the iPod Shuffle — the screenless music player Apple shipped four generations of, and what its radical simplicity still teaches product designers. (484 words) - [The shape of the pipeline](/content/notes/cv-in-retail-without-creep/index.html): Building anonymised, on-prem footfall computer-vision pipelines for retail — how to keep the data inside the building and the conversation inside the room. (350 words) - [The studio-wide buying matrix](/content/notes/apple-silicon-five-years-on/index.html): Five years of Apple Silicon — what to buy in 2026 for engineers, designers, and pro creators. Real-world configurations from a working studio. (593 words) - [What Astro does differently](/content/notes/astro-1-islands-of-interactivity/index.html): Astro 1.0 launches in August 2022 — what islands of interactivity actually solve, and when to reach for Astro instead of Nuxt or Next. (475 words) - [What the BlackBerry did first](/content/notes/blackberry-the-keyboard-empire/index.html): BlackBerry retrospective — the keyboard, the push email, the enterprise empire, and the design legacy that quietly shaped every modern smartphone. (600 words) - [What works well](/content/notes/copilot-pcs-arm-windows-moment/index.html): Microsoft Copilot+ PCs launch with Snapdragon X chips in June 2024 — hands-on observations, what is competitive with Apple Silicon, and where Windows on ARM still struggles. (394 words) - [What we get to delete](/content/notes/internet-explorer-is-dead/index.html): Internet Explorer is officially retired in June 2022. What polyfills, hacks, and constraints we get to delete — and what to build now that the floor is finally modern. (389 words) - [What eye tracking actually shows you](/content/notes/eye-tracking-lab-2020/index.html): Running usability tests with a Tobii eye tracker — the patterns we learned about how users actually scan products, and how it changed our design defaults. (581 words) - [Real benchmarks, our workloads](/content/notes/apple-silicon-the-studio-just-got-faster/index.html): M1 MacBook Pro in a small studio after three weeks — real benchmarks, what got faster, what broke, what we would do differently buying again today. (660 words) - [What's good](/content/notes/bun-is-interesting/index.html): Bun 1.0 launches in September 2023 — what we like about it, why we are not yet replacing Node in production, and where it might land in the next year. (259 words) - [What was actually shipped](/content/notes/3d-tvs-the-trend-that-died-quietly/index.html): 3D TVs — a brief affectionate look back at the early-2010s industry-wide push for 3D in the living room, and why it died so quietly five years later. (621 words) - [What worked](/content/notes/apple-silicon-transition-complete/index.html): WWDC 2023 — Apple completes the Silicon transition with the M2 Ultra Mac Pro. Reflections from three years of running ARM-based Macs in a working studio. (507 words) - [Buildings and the Land Management](/content/products/index.html): Every product Remiam owns, operates, and continues to grow — SAMRISK, Build The Day, Create Your Zen, Streetify, CheckInHub, Scan My Receipt, Hero Mode AI, SendIt. (314 words) - [Where AI is genuinely earning its keep](/content/notes/ai-in-client-systems/index.html): Where AI actually earns its place in client systems in 2025 — the integrations that survive contact with production, and the ones that don't. (521 words) - [What killed XD](/content/notes/adobe-xd-is-gone-figma-was-right/index.html): Adobe XD officially discontinued — what it means for design teams, why Figma won, and the lessons for any tool category competing with a multiplayer-native incumbent. (478 words) - [Sitemap — Remiam](/content/sitemap/index.html): Every page on remiam.co.uk — pages, notes, client case studies, own products, reviews and contact. Mirrors the machine-readable /sitemap.xml served to search engines. (683 words) - [sitemap-xml.html](/content/sitemap-xml.html) (1 words) - [ORIGIN](/content/about/index.html): Remiam started in 2014 as a university project between two best friends building applications for breast-cancer research and personalised medicine. A decade later it ships bespoke systems, interactive products, and operational software end-to-end. (407 words) - [Drop your details.](/content/contact/index.html): Open a line with Remiam. UK innovation studio engineering bespoke systems since 2014. We reply within one working day. (186 words) ## Resources - [Full Page Index](/index.html): Browse all cached pages with rich metadata - [About This Cache](/content/about.html): Methodology, technical details, and usage guidelines - [XML Sitemap](/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable sitemap for crawler discovery - [Robots.txt](/robots.txt): Crawler directives