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What AI Is Actually Good For in Design, and What It Can’t See

by Tom Pasquini | May 25, 2026 | Design & Branding

The most useful thing AI does in my design work has nothing to do with making finished things. It’s that it argues with me before I’ve committed to anything. I’ll describe a direction for a layout, and within seconds I have eight variations on it,...

Migrating From Divi 4 to Divi 5 Without Breaking Your Site

by Tom Pasquini | May 24, 2026 | Performance & Optimization

The one-click Divi 5 migration is real, and for a simple site it works exactly as advertised. You run the Migrator, your content converts, and the site comes out the other side looking the same and loading faster. The trouble is that most of the sites worth migrating...

The Divi 4 to Divi 5 Migration Checklist We Actually Use

by Tom Pasquini | May 23, 2026 | Hosting & Infrastructure, Performance & Optimization

Most Divi 5 migrations that go wrong don’t go wrong during the migration. They go wrong before it, when someone skips the preparation, or after it, when nobody checks the right things. The Migrator itself is reliable. The damage comes from the steps on either...

Divi 5 Stopped Being a Page Builder and Became a Development Platform

by Tom Pasquini | May 22, 2026 | Website Strategy

For most of the last decade, the honest answer to “should we build this in Divi?” depended on how much the site actually needed to do. Divi 4 was a comfortable place to design. It was also built on shortcodes, which meant every module you dropped on a page...

Divi ACF Loop Engine: Dynamic Repeating Content Without Post Types

by Tom Pasquini | May 21, 2026 | Website Strategy

Every rental property is different. One has a hot tub, fire pit, and kayaks. Another has a game room, pool table, and outdoor shower. A third has none of those things but does have a fully equipped commercial kitchen and a screening room. Each property has its own...
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