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2026-06-12 - 10 min read
The model said done. The app was broken. Both things were true.
A five-rung verification ladder for non-engineers, anchored to Anthropic's own admission that Claude stops when the work looks done.
2026-06-05 - 11 min read
Kajabi raised Basic 20% and dropped its contact list 75% in one email. Here is what to do.
What course creators actually pay Kajabi for in 2026, where the platform gets the fit wrong, and four ordered paths that are cheaper and closer to the work.
2026-06-05 - 11 min read
I read 64 CLAUDE.md files. The most useful section was missing from all of them.
A field guide to writing a CLAUDE.md as a non-engineer, anchored to 64 real CLAUDE.md files from public GitHub repos and the four sections engineers leave out.
2026-06-01 - 10 min read
ServiceTitan said it isn't built for small shops. The small shops heard them.
Real costs in a small contractor's software stack, the parts of it owners actually use, and what one weekend with a coding agent looks like in 2026.
2026-06-01 - 11 min read
HoneyBook hiked its base plan 89% in one cycle. Here is what to actually do about it.
What HoneyBook and Dubsado lock you into, the cheaper alternatives that actually fit a solo freelancer, and a decision framework for when to switch versus build.
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