Tech Stacks
Tech Stacks
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Astro vs Next.js: What I'd Choose in 2026
I've launched products on both Astro and Next.js. Here's how I think about SEO, speed, developer overhead, and which one I'd actually choose in 2026.
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How to Build and Publish a Website With AI — No Code, Almost Free
A plain-English walkthrough for non-technical founders: map a site, build it with Claude (or Codex), and publish it to Cloudflare for about $0 a month. No web development or design experience required.
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Claude Code vs Codex: 6 Months In, Here's My Honest Split
Not a benchmark war — a working founder's real split between Claude Code and Codex, how it shifted from 100/0 to 60/40, the commodity facts as of June 2026, and how to choose per task.
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Why I Build Every Website on Astro (and Ditched Squarespace)
The framework choice that quietly makes speed, SEO, AI-citability, and cost easier. Why Astro wins for content sites, hydrated islands in plain English, and the Squarespace-to-Astro switch.
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PostHog: The Free Google Analytics Alternative You Can Talk to With AI
The best free Google Analytics alternative is all-in-one, open-source, and — the kicker — you can query it with your AI. Why MaxShip runs PostHog on everything.
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Vercel vs Cloudflare: The Honest Case for Switching
A measured case for Cloudflare over Vercel: the pricing surprises, the lock-in, and why the whole-network stack (Workers, D1, R2, KV) wins. Fair to Vercel, honest about the trade-offs.
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How to Get Ahead of 99.9% of People With AI
Most people use AI like a better search box. The real jump is wiring AI into folders, APIs, plugins, context, and safe agentic workflows.
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Compute · The muscle
Compute is the muscle. Always-on workers, scheduled jobs, AI agents, deployed services. The crew working under the captain's command.