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Team of One

Short dispatches from an independent software studio: shipping apps, design tradeoffs, and building without a huge crew.

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Jul 26, 2026 Permission to Ship New Team of One is about what the stores actually cost a solo builder, and why shipping on the web changed how I build.
Jul 19, 2026 The Minimum Viable Software Infra (What Most Solo Builders Get Backward) Most solo builders spend weeks on features and treat domain, HTTPS, deployments, and environments as an afterthought. That order costs far more later.
Jul 12, 2026 Why Linus Torvalds Thinks You're Looking at AI the Wrong Way Linus frame AI as the next compiler - an efficiency layer, not an autonomous creator. Here's what that means for a team of one.
Jul 5, 2026 The Tired Tuesday Test (How to Pick a Stack When You're a Team of One) Treat stack choice less like a trophy and more like a maintenance contract. Optimize for the version of you who is tired, distracted, and fixing a deployment on a weeknight.
Jun 29, 2026 How to Start a Side Project Without Blowing Up Your Life The internet makes side projects look like pure upside. What never makes the highlight reel is the stuff that actually sinks people, and it is almost never the code.
Jun 23, 2026 Welcome to Team of One One person. Seven products shipped this year across iOS, Android, and web. No team, no funding, no roadmap theater.