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The Design Decision

The gap between "works" and "feels right" — and the designer hat nobody certified you to wear.

View article posted Apr 24, 2026 1 min read
craft solo design

Cleartalk

cleartalk.1mb.dev →

Draft the message before sending. Hard things go better when said twice — once to yourself, once for real. Know what to say before you say it.

View post posted Apr 22
communication

The Second Thing

The second project is the first one's rent — proof you can maintain, not just build.

View article posted Apr 20, 2026 1 min read
philosophy maintenance solo shipping

Gist

gist.1mb.dev →

Spec first. Stack later. Describe the idea. Answer the architecture questions. Walk away with a deploy-ready zero-stack spec. $0/month is the architecture, not the budget.

View post posted Apr 19
zero-stack solo

Test Your Own Work

Breaking your own work before anyone else does: the half of shipping nobody teaches.

View article posted Apr 17, 2026 1 min read
craft solo testing

AI Policy

aipolicy.1mb.dev →

AI policy, generated. Pick a preset. Tune the rules. Download AIPOLICY.md, AGENTS.md, CLAUDE.md. Drop them in the repo. The bots will read them.

View post posted Apr 15
ai

The Old Project

The quiet project that just runs for a decade — the most underrated kind of shipping.

View article posted Apr 13, 2026 1 min read
philosophy shipping maintenance solo

Sift

sift.1mb.dev →

A feed with a last page. A handful of discussions for the day. Read them. Close the tab. Study desk, not newsstand.

View post posted Apr 11
calm-design

The Spec

Wearing the PM hat solo: arguing with the only person who can override the spec.

View article posted Apr 7, 2026 1 min read
solo solo-building

Drift

drift.1mb.dev →

Mood, not genre. Turn it on. Pick a mood. Let it drift.

View post posted Apr 6
calm-design
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