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Practical writing on getting first products built, shipped, and into users' hands. No trend pieces.
Six to ten weeks is a realistic MVP timeline for most software products in 2026. A week-by-week breakdown from a studio that ships them, including timelines by product type and the three things that stretch ten weeks into six months.
9 min read
Most first products never reach a single real user. After building and rescuing dozens of MVPs, we can report the causes are boringly predictable: scope, sequencing, silence, and runway math. Here is each failure mode and its structural fix.
9 min read
A working decision framework from a studio that builds both kinds of MVP: when AI belongs in a first product, when it should wait for v2, the costs founders consistently underestimate, and how to build the thin version that proves the thesis.
9 min read
The three ways to get a first product built, compared honestly by a studio that is one of them: true costs beyond the invoice, the risk each option leaves on your side of the table, and a three-question decision framework.
10 min read
Webflow or Framer vs a custom website for your startup: honest costs, SEO limits, performance trade-offs, and the stage where custom code starts to win.
13 min read
You cannot audit an agency's code, but you can audit its behavior. Seven checkable signals that separate serious teams from expensive disappointments, the contract clauses that matter, and the reference-call questions that get honest answers.
10 min read
Serverless vs servers for your startup backend: when functions and edge runtimes win, when containers make sense, and the hybrid most products end up with.
12 min read
How to choose an LLM for your product: a durable framework for OpenAI vs Anthropic vs open models, covering evals, routing, privacy, latency, and cost.
12 min read
Buy vs build software: a founder's framework for choosing between off-the-shelf SaaS and custom development, with the hidden costs of each side laid bare.
13 min read
TypeScript vs JavaScript: what types actually catch, when plain JS still wins, and how founders should decide for their MVP. A practitioner's honest take.
12 min read
Web app or mobile app first? A practical framework for founders picking a startup launch platform, with honest trade-offs from a studio building both.
11 min read
Monolith vs microservices for startups: why a modular monolith wins at the early stage, how far it really scales, and when splitting out services pays.
12 min read
No-code vs custom development for startups: when no-code is the right first move, where its ceilings actually bite, and the signals it is time to graduate.
12 min read
Vercel vs Cloudflare vs AWS for startups: honest trade-offs on developer experience, cost shapes, lock-in, and a framework for picking where to deploy.
11 min read
Supabase vs Firebase compared for startups in 2026: auth, realtime, pricing models, lock-in, and why Postgres makes Supabase our default MVP backend choice.
11 min read
Postgres vs MongoDB for your startup's first database: why Postgres is the safer default, where MongoDB genuinely wins, and how JSONB gives you both worlds.
12 min read
PWA vs native app for your startup: what a PWA can do in 2026, what app stores really cost, and a decision framework for choosing your first product's path.
11 min read
React Native vs native development, explained for founders: when one cross-platform codebase wins and when separate Swift and Kotlin apps earn their cost.
12 min read
React Native vs Flutter compared for founders in 2026: hiring, code sharing with web, UI, performance, and a clear framework for picking the right one.
12 min read
Next.js vs plain React for startups: when server rendering, SEO, and hosting favor Next.js, and when a Vite SPA is the smarter, simpler build for your MVP.
11 min read
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