Practical, opinionated writing from a working East Texas software studio. How to build apps and AI agents, what they really cost, and where projects go wrong.
AI Overviews reshaped where search clicks land. Here's a modern, post-Overviews SEO strategy that wins the human visit and the AI citation heading into 2027.
Read moreEvery dev tool has an "agent mode" now. Here's what AI coding agents actually do well in 2026, where they still flame out, and what's really coming in 2027.
Read morepgvector on Postgres is now mature enough for most AI product retrieval. Why a dedicated vector database is usually the wrong first move — and when it's not.
Read moreComet, Gemini in Chrome, Claude, Edge Copilot Mode — and why OpenAI is retiring Atlas. An honest hot take on how agentic browsers change SEO, UX and your site.
Read moreEU AI Act for small teams: the Article 50 transparency rules start August 2, 2026, and the high-risk deadline moved to December 2027. What you must do, and by when.
Read moreYou're a non-developer founder, you're going to vibe-code anyway. The playbook to do it without setting fire to your codebase — or your customers.
Read moreCursor, OpenAI Codex and Claude Code all run everywhere now. Here's what actually separates them in 2026: permissions, review model, and how the bill is shaped.
Read moreApple Intelligence and Gemini Nano changed app AI math. Here's when on-device wins, when cloud wins, and how to route between them without surprise bills.
Read moreMCP — the Model Context Protocol — quietly became the way AI agents plug into your tools and data. Here's what it is, why it won, and what it changes.
Read moreWWDC 2026 reshaped iOS 27 for indie developers: free Foundation Models in the cloud, App Intents replacing SiriKit, App Store bundles, and real SwiftUI wins.
Read moreA behind-the-scenes look at the Raspberry Pi pipeline that researches, writes, publishes and shares these posts on its own — and what keeps automated writing from becoming slop.
Read moreHow to cut a product down to the version worth shipping first — and what to deliberately leave out.
Read moreThe real trade-offs between a web app, a native app, and the middle ground — and how to pick for your situation.
Read moreRepos, branches, commits, and pull requests — why version control matters and how to start without the jargon.
Read moreWhich model for which job — speed, cost, and capability compared without the marketing gloss.
Read moreTokens, context windows, input vs output costs — how to estimate AI spend and keep it from spiraling.
Read moreThe anatomy of a real agent — prompts, skills, tools, and workflows — and how the pieces fit into something useful.
Read moreAudience, revenue, cost, and review pain compared — a clear framework for choosing your first platform.
Read moreFrom developer account to a live listing — the Play Store steps, review quirks, and the policies that trip people up.
Read moreThe App Store process end to end: accounts, review, the common rejections, and how to avoid a launch-day surprise.
Read moreDesign, build, stores, and the maintenance bill that arrives after launch. Here's where the money actually goes.
Read moreWhat an AI agent actually is, the parts it's made of, and how to build one that does real work instead of just chatting.
Read moreThe 30% cut, the review gauntlet, the DMA fights — an honest look at why shipping on iOS still hurts, and what it means for your app.
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