Raevsky — blog
Notes on websites, rules and money
Technically precise and without legal jargon. I write what I verify on client projects — in Germany, in the EU and beyond.
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Choosing a business direction without ending up with a pretty diagram
Ikigai appears at every second seminar but never says what to do on Monday. How to…
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The hosting I use myself
A deliberately short list: only what I run sites on myself. What this site runs on,…
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How to choose hosting for a business website
Where the server stands, how managed hosting differs from shared, what to read in the plan…
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Checklist: what to fix before you start advertising
Advertising does not fix a site, it multiplies what is already there. Six checks ordered by…
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“Can you guarantee we will like the design?”
The honest answer is no. What can be guaranteed is the process that stops “we don’t…
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Since 19 June your site needs two buttons. Check whether you have even one
§ 356a of the German Civil Code took effect on 19 June with no grace period…
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Got a chatbot on your site? From 2 August it has to introduce itself
Article 50 of the EU AI Act applies from 2 August 2026. What it demands of…
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A €100,000 fine for an inaccessible site: who it hits and who it does not
The micro-enterprise exemption in Germany’s accessibility act, explained — plus a ten-minute self-check for your own…
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An Abmahnung arrived because of your website. What to do in the first 48 hours
What to do when a German cease-and-desist letter lands, why you must not sign the enclosed…
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Seven small things on your site that really do get you a letter in Germany
External fonts, scripts firing before consent, a cookie banner with no way to refuse, and an…
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AI Act: half of it deferred to 2027. What is left for now
The Digital Omnibus moved the deadlines for high-risk systems but left the transparency duties untouched. A…
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What an enquiry nobody answered actually costs you
The arithmetic of the leak, using your own numbers: where enquiries go missing, and what a…