Select Interactive
Insights on web development, agentic AI, UX, and the modern web stack
Perspectives on design, engineering, and the web from the Select Interactive team.
Latest Web Development & UX Insights
Vibe Coding vs. Agentic Engineering: The Difference Between Prototypes and Production
From Ticket to Deployed: Our Agentic AI Development Workflow
Building Ask: How We Put Our Entire Website Into an AI Assistant
How We Use AI-Assisted Development to Ship Faster and Catch Issues Earlier
From Zero to Near-MVP in Under Two Weeks: How We Guided a Small Dev Team Through Agentic AI Scaffolding and Modern Stack Adoption
More Articles on Web Design, Development & AI
Bluebird Creative Co. Month-over-Month SEO Momentum with Our AI-Powered Audit and Action Plan Program
A real-world follow-up to our recent post on AI-powered SEO audits. See how we run a complete agentic SEO review for Bluebird Creative Co. at the start of every month, deliver clear audit and action plan files, and give their marketing team access to a shared dashboard allowing them to track progress and keep organic search strength growing with minimal time investment.
Read articleHelping Development Teams Navigate the AI and Modern Web Landscape
A look at a new consulting service we are now offering, which helps development teams of any size understand and adopt agentic AI tools and modern web frameworks before the gap between early movers and everyone else becomes difficult to close.
Read articleThe TanStack Ecosystem: How We Build Websites and Web Apps the Right Way
A deep dive into how and why we use TanStack Start, Router, Query, Form, DB, Table, and AI, and why choosing the right rendering strategy from the start changes everything.
Read articlePreparing Your Tech Stack for Agentic AI: What Web Applications Need to Support Autonomous Agents
API design patterns, event-driven architectures, and human-in-the-loop workflows, how we are building for the next wave of AI now so you are not scrambling later.
Read articleThe Modern UI Component System
Why we build every project on shadcn/ui, and how its ownership model, Radix-powered accessibility, and composable architecture make it the most practical UI foundation we've found.
Read articleFrom Audit to Action: How We Use Cursor’s SEO Skill and Agents for Full-Stack SEO
A case study in running a comprehensive SEO audit with Cursor’s SEO skill, then using agents to implement technical fixes and align content with what the audit recommends, so clients move from findings to shipped improvements in days, not weeks.
Read articleOptimizing Our Developer and User Experience
A look into why the tools a development team chooses, TanStack, shadcn/ui, and TypeScript, have a direct impact on the quality, speed, and longevity of the products we build for clients.
Read articleWhy We Build with Prismic and Strapi Instead of WordPress or Squarespace
WordPress leads every annual report on hacked CMS platforms. Squarespace locks you into their infrastructure. Here is why we build with Prismic and Strapi instead, and why clients who have made the switch do not go back.
Read articleThe End of Generic Websites: How AI-Powered Personalization Is Becoming Table Stakes for B2B and E-commerce
Dynamic content, smart search, recommendation engines, and conversational interfaces, off-the-shelf websites are dead. Here is what it actually takes to stand out and convert.
Read articleBeyond WordPress: Why Real Web Applications Deserve a Real Tech Stack
WordPress, Wix, and Squarespace are fine for brochure websites, but if your business runs through your website, you need purpose-built tools. Here is what that looks like and why it matters.
Read article3 Tips to Improve Your User Experience
User experience isn’t just about aesthetics, it’s about reducing friction, guiding attention, and earning trust. Here are three actionable improvements you can make today.
Read articleDave Campbell’s Texas Football: A Case Study
How we helped the Texas high school football icon move off WordPress to a custom platform built for subscriptions, live scoring, real-time rankings, recruiting, and ad management.
Read articleSelect Intern-active
A past intern reflects on two summers as an intern at Select Interactive, what it really takes to build a website from scratch, and why hands-on programming beats studying alone.
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