Library
Reading For People Who Build Their Own Things
Short, practical pieces. No jargon, no framework wars, nothing that assumes you already know what a database is.
Planning
Thinking clearly before anything is built.
Planning · 6 min
How To Describe What You Want
The single skill that separates a frustrating build from a satisfying one is describing the finished result instead of the next instruction.
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Why Your First Build Should Be Small
The people who finish are almost never the people with the biggest idea. They're the ones who shipped something modest and kept going.
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Building
Working well with an AI development platform.
Building · 5 min
When The AI Misunderstands You
Two failed attempts at the same request means the description is wrong, not the model. Here's how to rewrite it.
Read the article →Building · 7 min
A Plain-Language Guide To Your Data
You don't need database theory. You need to know what you're storing, who it belongs to and what happens when it's missing.
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Protecting
Privacy, access and keeping what's yours.
Protecting · 6 min
Keeping Family Content Private
Photographs of children, home addresses and health notes deserve a deliberate decision, made before you share the link.
Read the article →Protecting · 4 min
Owning What You Build
An archive you can't export is a hostage. Make sure your content can leave with you.
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Publishing
Going live and staying alive.
Publishing · 5 min
Publishing Before You're Ready
Waiting for finished is how projects quietly die. Here's what 'ready enough' actually means.
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Maintaining A Site You Actually Use
Maintenance isn't technical. It's a monthly ten minutes and the willingness to delete things.
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When you're ready, walk the eight-step method and build the first small thing.