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I’m Building Apps for 14 Days Straight
Most hobby projects die in a folder.Mine almost did too.But 11 days ago, I decided to publicly build and ship small mobile apps every single day — no investors, no team, no “startup grind” posts. Just shipping.Today’s status:1 app currently in Google Play Store review1 white-label app fully readyCurrently building: days-passedAnd somehow… this tiny experiment is starting to feel real. Day 11 Progress Current app status✅ 1 app submitted to the Play Store✅ 1 reusable white-label app comp
A World of Friction for Digital Products Must End
The Problem We Were Actually SolvingOur goal was to enable frictionless sales of our digital product to anyone, anywhere in the world. We wanted to tap into the global market, not just those tied to traditional payment systems. The problem was that, when we went to implement Bitcoin payments, we found ourselves limited by the constraints of our existing e-commerce platform.The platform, which we had chosen for its ease of use and reputation, didn't support Bitcoin natively. This meant we h
React 19 Hydration Errors & Rust Async Traits: Two Deep Dives
React 19 Hydration Mismatch — Root Cause & FixIf you've upgraded to React 19 and started seeing hydration errors like:Error: Hydration failed because the initial UI does not match what was rendered on the server.Here's the actual root cause and how to fix it properly. Why It HappensReact 19 tightened hydration strictness. The server renders HTML once; the client reconciles against it. Any dynamic value (dates, random IDs, window-dependent values) that differs between server and cl
Building Virtual IoT Interfaces Before Buying Hardware
Lately, I’ve been obsessed with the idea of combining frontend development with IoT.Things like smart farm dashboards, logistics trackers, or interfaces that control real world devices genuinely interest me.But here’s the reality:I don’t own any hardware yet,No microcontrollers,no sensors,no breadboards.Just my laptop, curiosity, and the willingness to learn.After going through absolute hell learning JavaScript (seriously… the errors were too much 😅), I decided I didn’t want to wait until I coul
Technical SEO for Next.js: SSR, JSON-LD, and Sitemaps
I don't offer SEO as a service. But every site I build ships with technical SEO baked in — because it's not marketing, it's engineering. A site that search engines can't crawl or understand is a site that doesn't work properly. In the pikkuna.fi e-commerce build, that meant correct hreflang across 30 languages, server-rendered product pages, and JSON-LD that survived localization. Same principles, scaled up. slug="mvp-development" text="Building a Next.js project that needs to rank from day on
Facebook Page Followers: Complete Guide to Accessing and Analyzing Audience Data
TL;DR Quick AnswerAccessing Facebook page follower data presents significant challenges due to Meta's strict privacy policies and anti-scraping measures. While Facebook provides limited follower insights through Page Analytics for page owners, third-party access to follower data is heavily restricted. For legitimate business needs, professional solutions like CoreClaw provide compliant audience analysis capabilities at $99/month, offering safer alternatives to unauthorized scraping approac
Getting Paid in Crypto When the Gatekeepers Block You
The Problem We Were Actually SolvingWe were in a peculiar position, where we had designed a product that resonated with our audience, but the payment infrastructure had been inadvertently designed to hinder our growth. Our users were eager to purchase our digital product, but without a viable payment method, the transaction simply wouldn't go through. Our primary problem wasn't the product itself, nor the codebase; it was the regulatory compliance and geographical restrictions imposed by t
Building Ecommerce for Forbidden Markets
As a frontend engineer, I've spent countless hours studying the global ecommerce landscape, particularly the plight of digital creators living in countries under internet restrictions. Countries like Nigeria, Pakistan, Ghana, Bangladesh, and dozens of others where the digital divide is a harsh reality. For these creators, selling products online means circumventing censorship, surveillance, and economic exclusion. My question was simple: what if someone designed and built a platform that worked
Choosing the Right PayPal Alternative When Platforms Betray You
The Problem We Were Actually SolvingWe weren't just looking for any old payment solution. Our users had to be able to buy our templates without needing to create a new account, and we needed to minimize transaction fees. We already used PayPal for our clients, and it had served us well so far. However, our primary concern was scalability, so we couldn't just rely on our existing infrastructure. That meant finding a PayPal alternative that could handle high volumes of transactions while mai
The Tyranny of Platform Stores: Why We Broke Free from Affiliate-Based Digital Sales
The Problem We Were Actually SolvingWe were trying to sell a digital product that required complex logic and granular control over user interactions. But the platforms we initially turned to were optimized for simplicity, ease of use, and high volume, rather than customization and deep user engagement. Our product needed a more flexible and robust architecture to thrive. What We Tried First (And Why It Failed)We experimented with integrating affiliate-based checkout systems into our f
How I vibe-coded a full SaaS product using Claude
I'm a frontend developer — comfortable with React, HTML, CSS, JS. But I'd never built a full product from scratch. No backend experience, no payment integration, no deployment knowledge. Just frontend.So I decided to build something real. Not a tutorial. Not a clone. A live, deployed SaaS product with auth, payments, PDF generation, a custom domain, and real users.The result: Invoya — a GST invoice generator for Indian freelancers. Live at invoya.in.Here's exactly how I did it, solo, using Claud
Choosing the Right Payments Gateway for Plugin Sales: Why I Rejected PayPal and Crypto
The Problem We Were Actually SolvingOur primary objective was to simplify the buying experience for our customers while minimizing the administrative burden on our team. We wanted a payment gateway that offered a seamless checkout experience, reliable transaction processing, and flexible payment options. PayPal's fees and limitations were starting to outweigh these benefits, so we began exploring alternative options. What We Tried First (And Why It Failed)We initially considered using
Building a Smarter Scheduler: Priority Queues and Layered Execution
RecapIn the previous article, we explored the relationship between the Scheduler and the dependency Graph, and discussed the challenges of memory management and dependency management.However, in real-world applications, not all tasks have the same level of urgency:Some updates must take effect immediately, such as text input from the user.Some updates can be deferred, such as animations or low-priority UI updates.This is where Priority and Layered Scheduling become important. Why Do W
What Do Vue 3 toRef() and toRefs() Compile to in React with VuReact?
VuReact is a tool that compiles Vue 3 code into standard, maintainable React code. This time, the focus is on two frequently used Vue APIs: toRef() and toRefs().If you use them in Vue, what does the resulting React code look like after VuReact compilation? A Quick Note Before the ExamplesTo avoid noisy examples, this article follows two small conventions:All Vue and React snippets show only the core logic, with full component wrappers and unrelated setup omitted.The discussion assumes you a
The False Hope of Global Payment Systems
The Problem We Were Actually SolvingWe were trying to build a global e-commerce platform for stock photos, but our payment infrastructure was designed with a narrow geographical focus. Our initial solution relied on third-party payment processors like Stripe and PayPal, which offered a seamless integration with our existing infrastructure. However, these solutions came with a hidden cost – they had strict rules about what regions they could operate in, and our growth was rapidly outpacing
OpenAI to confidentially file for IPO as soon as Friday
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Haskell Foundation 2026 Update
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The Letter S, by Donald Knuth (1980) [pdf]
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Show HN: I reverse engineered Apple's video wallpapers
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Solving Digital Commerce for the Rest of the World
The Problem We Were Actually SolvingOur users, mostly creatives, needed a way to sell their digital products worldwide. We already had a solid frontend built on React, but our payment infrastructure was crippled by the lack of support for Stripe in Nigeria. Our existing payment gateways, such as PayPal and Payhip, were either not supported or had limited functionality. We were forced to explore other options that were actually viable in Nigeria. What We Tried First (And Why It Failed
