Notes on Building Software

React and Next.js aren't competitors — Next.js is built on React. Here's how to decide which one you actually need.

There's no single number — but there are real ranges, and real reasons prices vary as much as they do.

AI isn't a feature you bolt onto a product for its own sake. Here's how to tell if it solves a real problem for your business.

An MVP isn't a smaller version of your final product — it's the smallest thing that tests your actual assumption.

Not every new tool is worth adopting. Here's what's actually changed the way we build websites, and what's just noise.