Notes from
the studio.
04.1 / Intro
Long-form notes on mobile engineering, infrastructure, product design, and the quiet business of running a studio — written by the senior team at Origen. We publish when we have something to say, which is roughly every two weeks.
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Featured · No. 003
FIG. 01 · FEATURED Keep, fix,
or cut.
What we actually look at in the first two weeks of taking over someone else's codebase — and how we decide what survives. Notes from the rescues we've run.
§ 02
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final invoice. Studio 2026 · 07 · 26 7 min № 007 Your developer went
quiet. Engineering 2026 · 07 · 26 7 min № 004 How to write a brief that gets
honest quotes. Studio 2026 · 07 · 25 6 min № 005 Seven signs your agency
is quietly failing. Opinion 2026 · 07 · 25 6 min № 002 The expensive
window. Studio 2026 · 06 · 09 4 min № 001 The second
job. Opinion 2026 · 05 · 12 4 min
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