Thoughts on design, development and running an independent studio in Paris

The llms.txt file: what we actually put in it

June 15, 2026
5 minutes

We add an llms.txt file to every site we ship now. Clients ask what it is and whether it does anything. Here is the honest answer, and the exact contents of ours.

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How we price projects: Webflow, Shopify and why we publish our rates

June 11, 2026
6 minutes

Most studios will not tell you what they charge until you have spent thirty minutes describing your project. We do the opposite. The full grid is below, with ranges that hold for at least eight months out of twelve.

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Zenchef, SevenRooms, Tock: how we pick a restaurant reservation system in 2026

June 11, 2026
6 minutes

How Della Mattia picks between Zenchef, SevenRooms and Tock for restaurant clients in France, the UK and beyond. Real cases, plain advice.

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Six things we believe about web design

May 25, 2026
5 minutes

Web design is a loaded term. For some it means choosing fonts and colors. For others it covers everything from UX research to motion. Here is what it means to us, in five propositions.

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GEO is the new SEO. Here is what we are doing.

June 11, 2026
6 minutes

For twenty years the goal of being online was to rank on Google's first page. In 2026 that is changing. A growing share of decisions, recommendations and product discoveries happen inside ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. This is what GEO is, why it matters now, and what we are doing about it.

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Ten years in marketing. Then a pivot.

June 11, 2026
4 minutes

For over a decade I worked in communication and digital marketing, mostly on the brand side. I commissioned agencies, managed campaigns, briefed designers, watched projects ship and watched projects fail. In 2017 I founded Della Mattia. I am now on the other side of the table. This is the short version of what changed.

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Shopify, Webflow, WordPress: how we actually pick

June 11, 2026
5 minutes

Three CMS, three sets of clients. Half the prospects who reach out have already picked the wrong one for what they actually need. Here is how we make the call.

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