Architecture decisions, migrations, and platform engineering
The complete technical guide to implementing Stripe Connect for marketplaces—from account setup to escrow, based on processing $500M+ in marketplace transactions.
No-code tools like Sharetribe and Bubble enable fast marketplace launches. They're genuinely valuable for the right situations. Here's the complete picture: when they shine, when they struggle, and how to decide.
The technical choices you make in month 1 become the constraints you fight in year 2. After rebuilding dozens of struggling marketplaces, here are the architecture decisions founders wish they'd made differently.
AI is revolutionizing how we build software. In expert hands, it's a 10x productivity multiplier. But 'vibe coding'—using AI without understanding the output—has created a $400M cleanup crisis. Here's how to be on the right side of this divide.
WordPress directories work until they don't. Here's how to know when you've outgrown WordPress, what migration actually involves, and how to plan the transition without losing your business.