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Notes from the workshop

Practical writing on AI-assisted development, architecture calls we actually make, and what shipping fast looks like when it has to hold up in production.

✦ Strategy

Do You Need an AI Strategy, or Just an Automation?

Two purchases for two different buyers, and picking the wrong one is the expensive mistake. Here's the one-sentence test for telling them apart.

Aug 14, 2026 2 min read
✦ Architecture

Supabase vs Airtable: What to Use When, and Why Supabase Usually Wins

Airtable is a spreadsheet wearing a database costume. Supabase is a database with batteries included. Here's how we decide between them on real client projects.

Jun 18, 2026 2 min read
✦ MVP

The Anti-MVP: Why Modern Founders Should Stop Shipping Fragile Products

The MVP playbook was written when building software was slow and expensive. It isn't anymore. Here's the Anti-MVP approach, production-ready from day one.

May 27, 2026 2 min read
✦ Vibe Coding Tools

Ursa's Top 5 Favorite Vibe Coding Tools for 2026

We ship client products with AI-assisted development every day. These are the five tools that survived a year of real production work.

Apr 30, 2026 2 min read
✦ Process

How We Ship a Production MVP in 5 Weeks (The Actual Playbook)

No magic and no 80-hour weeks, just a repeatable five-week structure we run on every MVP build, from discovery sprint to production handoff.

Mar 25, 2026 2 min read
✦ Automation

n8n vs Make vs Gumloop: Picking the Right Automation Backbone

We build client automations on all three. Here's the honest breakdown of when each one is the right call, and when you should skip them all and write code.

Feb 19, 2026 2 min read
✦ Strategy

Buy vs Build in the AI Era: The Math Changed, Check Yours

SaaS subscriptions used to be obviously cheaper than custom software. AI-assisted development quietly broke that math for a whole class of tools.

Jan 28, 2026 2 min read

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