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Journal

Field notes from a studio that ships small software for a living.

Practical, not promotional
Roughly two entries a month

Uncategorized · July 28, 2026

What a micro-SaaS actually costs to run in its first year

Hosting, developer programmes, transactional email, monitoring, payment fees — the real numbers from products we maintain.

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Uncategorized · July 28, 2026

Nine reasons App Store review rejects an app, and how to avoid all of them

Rejections feel arbitrary until you have collected enough of them. Here is the list we check against before every submission.

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Uncategorized · July 28, 2026

Your first release should do one thing badly wanted, not ten things politely

Every brief we receive contains about 40% of features that do not need to exist yet. Here is how we decide which…

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What a micro-SaaS actually costs to run in its first year

Nine reasons App Store review rejects an app, and how to avoid all of them

Your first release should do one thing badly wanted, not ten things politely

Tell us what you want to ship. We will tell you what it really takes.

Send a two-line brief