Notes on building real products.

What we've learned shipping AI, mobile, web, and SaaS — written for founders and product teams, not for SEO robots.

How to ship an AI feature that doesn't blow up your API bill

Everyone wants AI in their product. Few plan for what happens when 10,000 users hit it. Here's how we keep LLM features fast, reliable, and affordable in production.

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MVP

Why most MVPs get rewritten (and how to avoid it)

The cheap-MVP trap costs more than building it right the first time. Here's the line between fast and disposable.

6 min readJun 2026

Process

One team vs. five vendors: the real cost of handoffs

Why splitting your product across specialists quietly burns budget and timeline — with the math.

5 min readMay 2026

Mobile

Native vs. cross-platform in 2026: a practical guide

When to reach for Swift/Kotlin and when React Native or Flutter is the smarter bet for your stage.

7 min readMay 2026

SaaS

Multi-tenancy mistakes that cost you at scale

The architecture decisions in your first month that decide whether you scale smoothly or rebuild.

8 min readApr 2026

RAG in production: validation, fallbacks, and trust

Making retrieval-grounded AI that users actually rely on — the safeguards that separate demos from products.

9 min readApr 2026

Founders

What investors actually look for in a demo

Lessons from MVPs that helped close rounds — what to build, what to fake, and what to skip.

5 min readMar 2026

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