One Card Per Vendor: Virtual Cards as Budget Enforcement
A shared card number is an open-ended permission slip. Virtual cards - one per vendor, capped at the plan price - turn every subscription into a budget that enforces itself.
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Technology
Articles on the tools and platforms that change the economics of building software: AI tooling and its real costs, infrastructure choices for small teams, and what new technology actually means for a builder's bottom line.
AI Product Images for Small Stores: Where They Help and Where They Cost You
New image models like this week's Flux 3 make generation nearly free. The constraint is no longer cost - it's accuracy: a listing image that oversells the product converts into returns and disputes.
The 15% You Have to Ask For: App Store Fees for Small Developers
Apple and Google both halve their commission for developers under $1M - but neither discount is automatic. The programs, the cliff-versus-marginal difference between them, and the enrollment checklists.
The Boring Stack: Choosing Technology for a One-Person Product
Stack paralysis is procrastination wearing a research costume. The 2025 Stack Overflow data says the answer is boring on purpose: the most-used tools are the most-answered, most-hireable, most-survivable ones.
The AI Subscription Audit: Cut Tool Costs Without Losing Capability
Solo builders quietly accumulate overlapping AI subscriptions until the stack costs more than hosting. A four-step audit, inventory, overlap, per-use cost, subscribe-vs-API, for cutting spend without cutting capability.
The One-Person Software Company Is Finally Viable
For decades, 'solo founder' meant choosing which half of the company to neglect. The economics quietly changed. Here's what one person can realistically run in 2026, and where the ceiling still is.