Notes from the workshop.
Build logs, essays, tutorials, and buyer guides from a solo dev shipping production work daily. Half of these are posts I wrote because clients kept asking the same question.
Hiring a Next.js developer: a founder's guide
Where to find them, how to evaluate them, what to pay, what red flags to watch for, and how to scope a project so the engagement actually delivers.
Read postHow much does it cost to build an MVP in 2026?
Real numbers from a solo dev who's shipped 20+ MVPs. Agency vs freelancer vs solo dev pricing, what changes by stack, and what determines whether your MVP comes in at €5K or €50K.
Read postHow I shipped FRAMEnest in 8 weeks
A retrospective on building a desktop AI app for film studios — the macOS code-signing pain, GPU memory tradeoffs, and why I'd reach for Tauri next time.
Read postThe case for shipping ugly first
Why polished design before product-market fit kills more startups than it saves. A defense of brutal MVPs that get to feedback faster.
Read postReplit + Claude is the quietly best stack of 2026
An honest review after 12 months of full-time client work using only Replit, Claude Code, and Vercel. The good, the strange, and the genuinely magical.
Read postProduction AI agents with n8n + Claude
The agent stack I use for client automations — including the prompts and guardrails that keep things from breaking at scale.
Read postShipping iOS apps without a Mac
How I deployed VITAL to TestFlight using only Expo, EAS Build, and a Chromebook. The exact stack, exact config, exact gotchas.
Read postWhat I charge, and why
An honest breakdown of how a solo dev prices fixed-scope work without underselling or scaring clients off. Real numbers, real reasoning.
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