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Notes from the shallow end.

Pricing maths, poolside design, retention, and the occasional spreadsheet horror story.

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The true cost of “just 3%”

Percentage fees sound tiny until you do the maths across a year. We did the maths.

18 Jun 2026 5 min read
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Poolside Mode: designing for wet hands

Registers get taken standing up, dripping, with thirty seconds between classes. That changes everything about the interface.

27 May 2026 4 min read
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SEND swimmers: what most schools get wrong

It's rarely a lack of care - it's a lack of information reaching the right person at the right moment.

6 May 2026 6 min read
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From spreadsheet to software: a migration diary

One school, 214 swimmers, eleven tabs of spreadsheet, and a Tuesday afternoon. Here's how the move actually went.

15 Apr 2026 7 min read
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Why we show parents five stages, not pass/fail

A skill that's binary hides three months of progress. Five stages make the invisible weeks visible.

24 Mar 2026 4 min read
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Filling the 4pm Tuesday slot: waitlists that actually work

Broadcast waitlists reward whoever's fastest on their phone. Targeted offers reward the school.

19 Feb 2026 5 min read
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