Insights on solo development, AI tools, and building digital products as an independent developer.
My girlfriend and I love traveling together. We wanted an app to track everywhere we've been - not just countries, but cities too. So I'm building it myself.
Most productivity apps sell your data. I'm building a local-first Life OS with encryption, offline AI, and zero cloud dependency. Here's why and how.
Three years of building alone taught me lessons I should have learned on day one. Here's the advice I'd give my past self.
I kept my project secret for 6 months. Then I showed it to 3 people. One conversation changed everything. Here's why sharing matters.
Everyone says solo game dev is impossible. Then you look at Stardew Valley. Here's the realistic breakdown of building games alone in 2025.
I wanted to quit my side project 6 times in the first year. Here's why I didn't, and why your slow progress matters more than you think.
The best time to start building alone was yesterday. The second best time is today. Here's why going solo might be the smartest move you'll make in 2025.
I wasted weeks on these Django mistakes. Here's what broke, how I fixed it, and what I learned building production apps as a solo developer.
I've built 7 products alone. Here's my decision framework for choosing tech stacks that ship fast, stay maintainable, and don't require a team to manage.
I've built multiple side projects while working as a full-time developer. Here's the reality of finding time, avoiding burnout, and what 2-4 hours a day can actually accomplish.
The reality of building alone freedom, decision fatigue, loneliness, and why I'd still choose it. Here's what no one tells you about solo development.
Comparing PostHog and Plausible for solo developers. Full product analytics versus privacy-first page tracking. Features, pricing, and which to install.
How I matched the AI tool to the job to translate a blog into eleven languages at full parity, with a parity audit so scale could not silently break.
World 11 is a football game with no passing, shooting, or defending. You draft a team and watch the result. Here is why a game about betting instead of playing is so addictive, and how the draft loop works.
AI image generation is slow and async. Webhooks fail, so I run a reconciliation system that makes the backend converge to the right state on its own.