Why the Boring Businesses Win
I went through 1,400 Reddit complaints and 100 businesses with verified revenue. The pattern was the same every time, and it was never the exciting id…
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SEO for a $2.99 product: what 28 days of Search Console data taught me
I'm building PetSignal — a browser-based AI that reads dog and cat body language from a photo and flags stress signals (whale eye, freezing, lip curl)…
I handed AI agents almost the whole product. Except one part - and that part is the job
Recently an agent built a working prototype of MERIDIAN in a couple of days. A live page - where I've been, where I am, where next - plus a world map …
The Ice Cream Stands in the Middle of the Beach: why rational AI startups fail together
This is not a startup guide. It is closer to something I can finally put into words after a few years of building, watching, and getting things wrong …
Software EcoAudit
I Built a Building Energy Audit Software That Automatically Generates Professional PDF Reports Hello, Dev Community! 👋 My name is Ing Dr Sunny, and I …
First post as a tech-founder-turned-non-technical
Hey fellas and fellies. Im the creator of sociolite.co. A 1.5 year old startup that teaches social skills. And now I'm going to vent about the weirdne…
Building an AI-Powered Innovation Wormhole: Transferring Solutions Across Industries Instead of Reinventing Them
Innovation is often described as the creation of something entirely new. In reality, many breakthrough ideas are simply successful mechanisms transfer…
Running Shape Up in Jira or Linear quietly turns it back into Scrum
Process mismatch In tools built for Scrum, a task is an input: something you file, size, and work on. In Shape Up, a task is an output — something dis…
What Actually Separates a Good Developer Hire From a Bad One published: true
Most engineering teams have a hiring process. Far fewer have a hiring philosophy . That distinction matters more than it sounds. A process tells you w…
There was no EU GitHub for private code. So I built one.
A few months ago I went looking for a home for my private code with three simple requirements: hosted (I want to push code, not babysit a server), str…
Hiring Your First Developer: 5 Questions That Filter Out 80%
Hiring your first developer is the most expensive decision a non-technical founder makes blind. Not because the salary is large — because you have no …
Built 14+ Free Online Tools in Just One Week – Meet ToolEka
A week ago, I challenged myself to build a collection of free online tools from scratch. Today, I'm excited to share the first version of ToolEka 🎉 👉 …
How I Finally Stopped Paying For Tools I Wasn't Using
I spend a lot of time talking founders out of ideas that sound good in conversation but fall apart under scrutiny. This isn't because the ideas are ne…
How to Scale a Developer SaaS from 0 to 1 Lessons from Building PromptDev
Building a SaaS product is easy in 2026—technologies like Next.js, Vercel, and AI tools allow developers to launch products in days. However, scaling …
Subscription Goldmine: SaaS Models and Startup Cash Flow
Subscription Goldmine: SaaS Models and Startup Cash Flow Here's the brutal truth: nothing brings a tech solopreneur closer to existential dread than s…
Why Prompt Engineering Needs Software Architecture Principles (And How I Built PromptDev)
Most prompt libraries treat prompts like plain text snippets or random notes. But if you’re building production-grade AI features or complex system in…
The agency premium in India is 20% or 42% - and it depends on your GST registration, not their price
Disclosure: I work at ZoopCoder, a small development agency in India. So the whole point of this post is a number that argues against hiring us — 42% …
What I learned building a directory of 329 AI tools
AI directories have a simple-looking interface: a search box, categories, and cards. The hard part is not rendering cards. It is building enough trust…
Building an AI Recruitment SaaS: Lessons Learned
Five months ago I deleted two months of work and started over. This is the honest version of what happened next building Beonmap , an AI-powered job d…
Stop Building Apps with "Hustle": How We Architected Autonomous AI Workflows for Scaling Businesses in Kenya
When developers talk about scaling a system, the conversation usually revolves around database indexing, horizontal pod autoscaling, or caching layers…
Lean Startup Methodology: A First-Time Founder's Guide
Here's an uncomfortable number. When CB Insights analyzed 431 failed VC-backed startups in 2024, 43% died for the same reason: poor product-market fit…
Recruiting 12 Real Testers for Your Google Play Closed Test (Without Buying Them)
Buying testers fails three ways: Play's fraud detection flags dormant accounts , bought testers never open the app (so engagement doesn't count), and …
I Understood the Problem. I Still Built the Wrong Product.
I have been quieter than usual over the past few months. Although I enjoy building in public, some work is better done behind the scenes until it reac…
Solo Founder or Startup Founder, What's right for you
The coffee shop on 2nd Street doesn't open until 7. I know because I've sat in my car in the parking lot at 6:17 AM three Tuesdays in a row, laptop ba…
Your first developer is statutorily your cheapest one: the in-house vs agency arithmetic in India
Disclosure: I work at ZoopCoder , an Indian development agency. That means I have an obvious commercial interest in you buying agency hours instead of…
Gumroad shows you nothing about revenue. We reverse-engineer it to 15-25%.
📊 Originally published on InsightRaider , a data platform tracking digital product revenue across Gumroad, Systeme.io and Whop. Four models, ±15-25% a…
Beyond Toy Demos: Deploying AI Agents in Production
Most developers have built an AI agent demo using LangChain or LlamaIndex. It takes less than fifty lines of Python to get a chat interface that queri…
How to Deploy Production AI Agents That Pay For Themselves
Building a proof of concept with LangChain or LlamaIndex takes an afternoon. But there is a massive gulf between a terminal-based demo and a productio…
The Founder Bottleneck: When to Bring in a Fractional COO
The company does not slow down because the work is hard. It slows down because every decision still routes through one person, and that person is out …
Build in Public Week 0: Resetting My Indie Strategy to ¥100K in 3 Months
TL;DR Goal : ¥100,000 ($670) in total revenue by 2026-07-16 Strategy : One Product Hunt launch on June 9, aiming $149 × 7 = ~¥105,000 Starting line : …