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The Solo Studio Software Stack: What I Actually Pay For in 2026
Total stack runs 312 EUR/month across 11 tools
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Working notes from the studio. The tools I build, the workflows I keep, the mistakes I paid for.
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The Solo Studio Stack: What I Pay For and What I Self-Host
Subscriptions I keep pay back 5-10 hours weekly, self-host handles predictable batch work My line: pay when downtime hurts, self-host when the job runs unattended Three tools I never cancel and why each one earns its slot Total monthly stack...
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AI Tools I Actually Cancelled in 2026 (And What Replaced Them)
Cancelled 7 AI subscriptions in 2026; reduced monthly spending from 180 EUR to under 60 EUR by eliminating…