Vol 03

2026 is off to a hot start. We've been heads down, so this month’s newsletter got pushed back a couple weeks. To the thousands who have been incessantly refreshing their inbox, we appreciate your patience.

This time around, we're just going to talk about ourselves. Because who doesn't love to talk about themselves?

Right now, the websessions.co core team is comprised of two best friends — Jon Rivera and John Pieri. John and I met on our first day of school in the 7th grade, when our first period teacher roll called the name "John" and we both raised our hands. Ever since then, we've shared a special connection, and through a mutual passion for music, design, and technology, we've spent a lot of time together. From jail-breaking iPod Touches, joining modded lobbies on Modern Warfare 2, hacking our Facebook profiles, and everything in between. We both enjoyed customizing our experience with technology, alongside all of the problem solving, learning, and trial and error that came with it.

Fast forward 15 years, and now we find ourselves spending the majority of our time doing web design and development. That same connection and drive we had as middle schoolers in Puerto Rico has carried us here, with a continued desire to make custom experiences.

Given the fast and ever-evolving state of the tech industry, we've experienced a lot. From WordPress templates and Shopify Liquid, to the Web3 / crypto moment, and now the AI-driven era. Both of us born in 1996, right at the crest of the internet, we've been fully consumed by the web for as long as we can remember, always looking to curate our experience and push what's possible through it.

That curiosity has us focusing the majority of our energy on the computer, looking to make web experiences worthwhile, functional, and ultimately enjoyable. Being here now and looking back at how far we've come together, we can't help but say that we're deeply excited for all the work and what lies ahead.

Especially excited about how the monumental advancements in agentic designing and coding have gotten us to reassess our approach. Not only in how we execute solutions, but in how we reimagine the process of doing so. That's always been the through line for us, it's never just been about the output.

What's for certain is that we are set in our passions, and that drives us to keep believing in ourselves. When Benito said during his Super Bowl halftime show: "si hoy estoy aquí en el Super Bowl 60, es porque nunca, nunca dejé de creer en mí", reminded John and I that we do this not just to build websites, but to keep pursuing the craft we love. And to enjoy every step in doing so.

So if there's one thing we'd like to leave you with, it's this: continue falling in love with your process. It's never been a better time to do so.