Notes from building solo

Thoughts on building apps and SaaS with AI, product design, and shipping in public. No fluff.

Product story · Featured
Why I built Untangle
My old email address had 214 services still emailing it after eight years, and no way to see the whole list at once. Here's why I built a tool that reads your Gmail export instead of asking for your password.
2026-07-13 · 6 min read
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Guide
How many companies still have your old email address? Here's how to actually find out
Not a "10 tips to declutter your inbox" post. An actual walkthrough of exporting your Gmail data and reading it like an audit, so you can see who's really on your list before you start unsubscribing.
2026-07-13 · 8 min read
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Product story
Why email signatures shouldn't be a subscription
You set one up once and touch it maybe once a year. So why does every tool for making one charge you every month? The problem that led to SignaCard.
2026-07-05 · 7 min read
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Product story · Audio Node
The real cost of AI voice
The AI voices are good now. Getting to them without a US card and a USD subscription is the part nobody talks about.
2026-07-05 · 7 min read
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App story
Why I built Shift Desk — and what I learned shipping my first app
Most shift trackers are bloated with features nobody asked for. I wanted one that just calculates your pay and gets out of the way. Here's how it started, what broke, and what I'd do differently.
2026-06-28 · 5 min read
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Dev life
Building apps solo in 2026
No team, no VC, no roadmap meetings. Just one person, AI tools, and a problem to solve. What that actually looks like day to day.
2026-06-20 · 4 min read
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Android
5 Jetpack Compose patterns I use in every app
After building with Compose for a year, these are the patterns that actually stuck. No fluff, just the code I reach for every time.
2026-06-12 · 6 min read
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App story
What launching on Google Play actually looks like
The docs make it look simple. Reality is messier. Here's the full process from APK to live listing, including the stuff that tripped me up.
2026-06-05 · 4 min read
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Design
Why we moved from dark cyberpunk to a clean, light design
The MakeLabs site used to look like a hacking terminal. Here's why we rebuilt it as a clean, light SaaS interface instead — and what stayed the same.
2026-07-05 · 3 min read
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