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The PR Checklist We Run on Every AI-Generated Merge
We use AI to write 60% of our code. Here is the five-point checklist we run on every PR because of what happened when we did not.
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Custom software.
Founder pain.
Straight talk.
Writing from the people who build it.
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Two-Person Remote Team Accountability: What Actually Worked
We built VitalRegistry across Budapest and Finland. Dropped standups, missed reviews, features dark for two weeks. Here is the 3-rule system that fixed it.
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product ideationfounder painvital registry
We Watched a Spreadsheet for a Year Before Building
CZ Dev did not brainstorm VitalRegistry. We watched a BEMER distributor manage 200 rental devices in Excel for a year, then built what she actually needed.
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What Comes After the No-Code Ceiling
When a real rental operation outgrows spreadsheets and every no-code workaround costs more than a custom build would have, this is what we built instead.
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I Started a Dev Agency With a $20 Claude Subscription
I built two products I'm proud of with a $20 Claude subscription. The hard part was never the code.
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AI Built Our Site. The SEO Audit Found 23 Problems.
We built czaban.dev with Claude. It looked right. The /seo audit scored it 59/100. Here is every issue it found and how we fixed them in one day.
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internal toolsspreadsheet replacementfounder pain
3 Signs Your Internal Tool Is Costing More Than It Saves
Three operational patterns that signal your internal tool has crossed the break-even point on a rebuild, before the costs become obvious.
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Build vs Buy vs No-Code: A Decision Framework
A decision framework for early-stage founders built from real scaling choices, not theory. Know when Streamlit breaks before it does.
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Hiring a Dev Agency for the First Time: Founders Guide
The six-month-silence failure mode isn't a talent problem. It's a discovery process that never defined done. Here's what to ask in week one.
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How Much Does Custom Software Cost?
A transparent pricing breakdown using a real CRM build: what drove cost up, what saved it, and why the cost of staying put is the number founders forget to calculate.
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How We Replaced a Founder's Spreadsheets with a Custom CRM
A full case study of VitalRegistry: the decisions, the rewrite trigger, and what ten real users taught us about custom tooling.
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custom crmspreadsheet replacementfounder pain
When Custom Software Beats Airtable on the Balance Sheet
The financial break-even for switching from no-code to custom software arrives sooner than founders expect. The real cost is coordination overhead, not subscription price.
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seofounder paincustom software
What Small Dev Agency Websites Get Wrong About SEO (A Teardown)
We audited five small software agency websites to understand what they were doing with SEO. The findings were consistent. Most are invisible to the searches that should find them.
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Why Founders Outgrow No-Code (And What to Do When It Happens)
No-code platforms are a legitimate starting point. But there's a predictable moment when they stop working, and most founders wait too long to notice it.
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Replacing Spreadsheets with a Custom CRM in Two Weeks
How we turned a 47-column Google Sheet and three email threads into a Streamlit app that founders actually want to use.
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