Notes from building solo

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

Product story · Featured
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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SIGNACARD.CARDS
One-time fee · No subscription
149 templates — 49 static, 100 animated
Pick a design → fill in your details → done
Status: live
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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