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Stripe Projects Changes Solo Maker Economics
Stripe Projects lets solo makers collect real payments without forming a company, cutting setup time from weeks to…
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Working notes from the studio. The tools I build, the workflows I keep, the mistakes I paid for.
469 entries · latest 2026-10-22
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How I Run a 15-Repo Studio From One CLAUDE.md File
I run a 15-repo AI creative studio with one CLAUDE.md file as the brain, not 15 different configs
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CSS Cascade Layers Finally Made My Design System Predictable
CSS Cascade Layers (@layer) let you control the order of style precedence without specificity wars or !important tags
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The 6 Git Hooks I Copy Into Every New Repo
Every new repo I start gets the same six git hooks copied in before the first commit lands
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Merch Design That Actually Sells: 5 Case Studies
The best-selling RAXXO merch designs all share three traits: specific audience, one clear message, high-contrast typography
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First-Party Analytics Without Google: The 2026 Stack
Google Analytics is slow, privacy-hostile, and reports fewer visitors than reality due to ad-blockers
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Running LLM Evals in Production: The 2026 Guide
Most LLM apps ship with zero evals because engineers confuse demos with quality
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Claude Design vs Figma: What It Means for Designers
Claude Design is a draft generator, Figma is a production tool, they cover different parts of the same…
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How to Use Claude Design: From Prompt to Production
Setup takes five minutes: open Claude, find Claude Design in the sidebar, optionally grant design system access
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Claude Design Launches: Everything You Need to Know
Anthropic launched Claude Design on April 17, powered by Opus 4.7, turning prompts into prototypes, slides, mockups, and…
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Claude Opus 4.6 vs 4.7: Every Difference Side by Side
Pricing stays identical at 5 USD per million input and 25 USD per million output, 1 million token…
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Shopify Metaobjects Killed My Headless CMS in One Saturday
Metaobjects are native Shopify content types, free on every plan, addressable from Liquid without extra API calls