The challenge

We needed to validate that the Notion-as-CMS pipeline works end-to-end: fetching rows, downloading images, rendering blocks, and statically generating routes — without an actual case study in the database.

What we did

• Wired up the Notion API client and database fetcher

• Built a hand-rolled block renderer covering 13 block types

• Statically pre-rendered every Published case study at build time

The whole thing went from zero to deployable in 23 tightly-scoped tasks, with two-stage review on every commit.

The result

A case-study system the team can extend by writing in Notion — no code changes per entry, no custom CMS, no custom backend.