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Notes from the studio.
Lessons learned, project post-mortems, and the occasional opinion.
What Memorial Day Means When You Are the Whole Company
There's no out-of-office that covers being the only one. A note on what a long weekend actually feels like when the studio is a one-person operation.
#solo founding#indie#studio#work-life
Why I Build Many Things Instead of One Thing
The conventional advice is to focus. I've spent 12 years doing the opposite. Here's why the portfolio approach works for this studio — and why I'd make the same bet again.
#indie#studio#portfolio#founders#strategy
Game Night: How a Side Project Ended Up With 150,000 Installs
The full story behind the Game Night drinking game app — where it started, what compounded, and what I'd do differently with 150K installs in the rearview.
#indie#game night#retrospective#side project
Building in New Orleans: What Working Outside the Tech Bubble Actually Feels Like
Twelve years running an indie studio outside the SF/NY ecosystem. What that costs, what it quietly gives you, and why I'm still here.
#indie#studio#founders#new orleans#location
The year I stopped patching and started rebuilding
A patch is cheaper today. A rebuild is cheaper next year. The trick is knowing which year you're in.
#retrospective#indie#architecture#redinfinite#rewrite
A decade on Ionic (and why I'd do it again)
Ten years of shipping apps on the same framework. What that consistency actually costs — and what it buys.
#ionic#angular#mobile#stack#retrospectiveHello again — relaunching xennex.app
After a decade on a tired WordPress install, XenneX has a new home. Here's what changed and what's coming.
#meta#studio