Practical notes for founders
Guides to scoping a product, taking over an app, and choosing a developer.
5 November 2026
What an app audit should tell you before you pay for fixes
What a short audit of a stuck web app should give you. One page in plain words, the risks to your customers, keep, fix or rebuild, and the fixes in order.
14 October 2026
What to build before you add AI to your product
A checklist for adding an LLM feature or an agent to a real product, from the narrow job to limits, logging and a person in the loop.
13 October 2026
Fix or rebuild? How to decide on an inherited web app
A way to decide whether an inherited web app should be repaired or rewritten, with the signs that point each way and a safer middle path.
13 October 2026
How to take over a codebase from a developer who left
A checklist for taking over a website or web app from a previous developer, from getting access to shipping a first change without breaking production.
13 October 2026
Mistakes in Arabic RTL web apps, and how to avoid them
The most common problems when a web app is shown in Arabic, from broken mirroring, mixed text, numbers, fonts and forms, with the fix for each.
13 October 2026
MVP cost: what changes the price
Why MVP quotes differ so much, the eight things that change the price, and how to get a number you can trust before you start.