Categories, unlike tags, can have a hierarchy. You might have a Jazz category, and under that have children categories for Bebop and Big Band. Totally optional.
When I first started building software for gyms, I thought I was doing everything right. I was talking to the people who used it every day — the front desk staff, the trainers, the assistants. They were quick to tell me what they needed: a new button here, an extra report there, a way to print labels faster, and so on. I took notes, nodded eagerly, and built exactly what they asked for. And...
You spend months architecting the perfect system, setting up pristine models, writing elegant code, and documenting every endpoint. You finally ship it out into the world… and then your users show up and do whatever they want with it. Suddenly, the product you thought was yours becomes something else entirely. Spoiler: it’s their product now, and you’re just along for the ride. Developers Build...
I published my first freelancing guide the traditional way—through Amazon KDP. It worked fine, but I kept thinking there had to be a better approach. Then I came across how Pieter Levels handles his product sales, and it got me thinking differently about the whole process. What I Learned from Round One Publishing on Amazon feels like the obvious choice. Everyone knows it, people trust it, and the...
I had a meeting recently with someone who was hesitant to sign up for my SaaS. He needed all the features my platform offers, but he was tossing around the idea of building a stripped-down standalone version instead. That’s when I laid out the reality check. Even if he went standalone, he’d still be on the hook for monthly hosting fees. Anything connected to the internet costs something to keep...
Most people think world-class service is about fast response times, flawless communication, or throwing in extra perks to “wow” customers. While those things are nice, they aren’t the heart of true service. World-class service is about ensuring your customer’s success—even when it means telling them no. I’ve been a self-employed software developer for over a decade, writing LAMP stack...
When I started building this SaaS in September, I didn’t even want to launch a SaaS. I was working with a local client who had a tight budget and was using a mess of disconnected services that refused to talk to each other. None of them offered a usable API. I realized the only way to get them what they needed was to build something myself. That was the spark. Writing Code Was Less Than 40% of...
Yesterday I had one of those moments that every developer dreads. A client using ManageMemberships said a customer couldn’t sign up through the form. I checked the logs—nothing weird. I signed up myself on my phone using a real card—worked perfectly. The client followed up, saying it still wasn’t working. The member got an error message that said “contact info updated.” That exact...