Notes from building things
Working notes, field reports, and technical teardowns. Not thought leadership — practical observations from shipping code and running experiments.
Why Zero-Dependency Utilities Beat Heavy Frameworks for Small Tools
Why keeping small web utilities dependency-free reduces maintenance overhead and preserves speed over years of operation.
Search Engines Do Not Care About Your Features: Lessons from Building 6 Micro-Tools
Why building 50+ templates and advanced AI features failed on ZyoraAI, while a single-purpose Canvas photo resizer hit 1,000+ daily organic clicks.
Engineering a Biometric Photo Compliance Engine for 190+ Countries
Technical breakdown of converting disparate embassy guidelines, millimeter-to-pixel ratios, DPI metadata, and RGB solid backgrounds into typed code.
Leaving Full-Time Software Engineering to Build Micro-SaaS Full-Time
Why I stepped down from full-time SDE work on July 31, 2026 to focus 100% on VisaReadyNow and PhotoResizer.
The Cross-Border Payment Trap: Why Your First International SaaS Customers Cannot Pay You
How silent card declines, 3D Secure mismatches, and multi-currency routing issues cost early micro-SaaS founders their first sales.