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Notes from building the whole thing.

Engineering decisions, design judgement calls, automation patterns, and the long lessons from eleven years of shipping complete systems.

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How AI-Powered Apps Went Mainstream — and What It Means for Your Product
Product Development4 min

How AI-Powered Apps Went Mainstream — and What It Means for Your Product

How AI is becoming mainstream. Hazards of using AI and the best practices of utilizing AI

Jan 27, 2023
How to Build an AI SaaS Product: A Founder's Guide
Product Development5 min

How to Build an AI SaaS Product: A Founder's Guide

Nowadays, AI software integrated into SaaS solutions can significantly increase an organization's earnings. Unquestionably, the global market for SaaS-based products is expanding steadily.

Oct 15, 2022
SaaS Platform vs. Standard Software
Product Development5 min

SaaS Platform vs. Standard Software

SaaS platform or traditional installed software? A clear breakdown of how they differ on cost, scaling, updates, data ownership, and security — and how AI has widened the gap.

Sep 30, 2022
What are the Important KPIs for B2B SaaS Company?
Product Development4 min

What are the Important KPIs for B2B SaaS Company?

The B2B SaaS metrics that actually decide whether a company is healthy — MRR/ARR, churn, NRR, CAC, LTV — with benchmarks, and what AI changes about which numbers matter.

Sep 9, 2022
Detailed Explanation of SaaS Business Model
Product Development5 min

Detailed Explanation of SaaS Business Model

How the SaaS business model actually works — recurring revenue, the main pricing models, the five metrics that define a SaaS company, and how AI is reshaping its economics.

May 12, 2022
Vertical SaaS: Benefits and Drawbacks
Product Development4 min

Vertical SaaS: Benefits and Drawbacks

Vertical SaaS targets one industry deeply instead of one function broadly — and AI has made it more defensible than ever. The benefits, drawbacks, and future of the model.

Feb 28, 2022
Idea Validation in SaaS Development
Product Development11 min

Idea Validation in SaaS Development

Well, what does it take to complete an app? How to bring an idea to life? What are the innumerable challenges and hurdles facing us? This blog will see how to validate an application concept, for it is essential for startups.

Dec 3, 2021
SaaS platform development for founders
Product Development12 min

SaaS platform development for founders

Software as a service (SaaS) is a software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted. It is often synonymous with software-as-a-service

Dec 1, 2021
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