How we built this site

A website says something about a company even when nobody reads it closely. You can tell from how fast it is, how it behaves on an old phone, how easy it is to use if you can’t see well. So we treated the Nimbune site as a product, with the same rules we use for the rest of our work. Here are the main choices.

Speed first. Pages are built ahead of time and arrive ready, with nothing to work out on the spot. We only load what the page you’re looking at needs. The typeface is hosted on the site itself, with no requests to other services. When your pointer gets close to a link, the browser starts preparing the next page, so the click feels instant. We measure speed with Core Web Vitals, the public metrics that show how fast and stable a page feels to the people using it.

Accessible to anyone. The site follows the WCAG 2.2 guidelines at level AA. Everything works with a keyboard alone, colours have enough contrast to be read by everyone, and every element has a clear name for people using a screen reader. Before every release we check each page with automated tests and look at it with our own eyes.

Transitions. As you move from one page to another, the headings morph instead of vanishing and reappearing. It’s a detail, but it makes the site feel like one thing. If your browser doesn’t support it, pages simply open as usual.

Light, dark and motion. The site follows the light or dark theme set on your device, and you can switch it with a button. In the same way, if you prefer less animation, a switch reduces it across the whole site. Every effect has a still version that always works.

Richer colour, where possible. On screens that support it, the blue uses a wider range of colour. Everywhere else it stays the same colour, in its standard version.

Four languages. The site is in English, Chinese, Thai and Italian. Texts are adapted for the people reading them, not copied word for word. For Chinese and Thai we use the typefaces already on your device, so the site stays fast.

No tracking. There are no advertising, profiling or analytics cookies. If you choose a theme or reduce motion, the choice stays in your browser and is never sent to us.

Forms that respect your time. The forms for following our notes and for requesting access to the Enterprise Program save what you send in our own database, on the Cloudflare network that also serves the site. They are protected from spam by Cloudflare Turnstile, which only asks you to do something when it is really needed and does not follow you from one visit to the next.

Open software at the core. The site is built with open source tools, starting with Astro and the Instrument Sans typeface, and runs on Cloudflare’s global network.

None of these choices is spectacular on its own. Together they make a site that opens fast, reads well and works for anyone. It’s the same standard we want for every product we build.