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Ideas, methods and field notes on product, speed and AI.
How much does it cost to build a SaaS in 2026?
How much does a SaaS cost in 2026? Real price ranges (no-code, freelance, agency) and why a fixed-price V1 protects your budget.
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How much does a mobile app (iOS + Android) cost in 2026?
Cost and timelines for an iOS + Android mobile app in 2026: native vs React Native/Expo, what drives the price, and real ranges.
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MVP pricing: what to expect depending on the method
MVP pricing by method: no-code, freelance, agency or a fixed-price V1. Real ranges, hidden costs and the right option for your situation.
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The real hidden cost of a badly coded MVP
Technical debt in numbers: a throwaway MVP costs twice. The hidden costs (rewrite, bugs, security) and how to ship fast without debt.
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Fixed price vs time and materials: which one costs less?
Fixed-price package or time-and-materials for your V1? Where the risk sits, when each one fits, and why fixed price protects the founder.
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Shipping a V1 in 7 days: the Khufu method
How Khufu designs, builds and ships a real SaaS in one week, at a fixed price. The day-by-day breakdown, no fluff.
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How to scope a V1 without getting it wrong
The method to scope a V1: problem solved, 3 to 5 essential journeys, explicit out-of-scope. The scoping doc as a contract.
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The 5 features you should NOT put in your V1
Five features you think are essential but that sink a V1 — complex roles, i18n, homemade analytics, notifications, personalization — and why to postpone them.
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Why "shipping fast" doesn't mean "shipping sloppy"
Speed and quality are not opposites. Here is what makes a V1 fast and clean — and why real technical debt comes from vagueness, not from the deadline.
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From idea to first paying customer in 30 days
A concrete 30-day plan to validate your idea, ship your V1 in 7 days, launch it and convert your first paying customer.
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No-code or real code for your MVP? Making the right call
No-code (Bubble, Webflow) or real code for your MVP? When each one wins, where the trap is, and how to ship real code as fast as no-code.
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When should you migrate from Bubble to real code?
Exploding bills, slowness, logic limits, API needs: the signals that it's time to leave Bubble, and how to migrate without breaking what works.
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The no-code limits nobody tells you about
Lock-in, usage-based costs, performance, code ownership: the rarely-mentioned limits of no-code, and who it still makes sense for.
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What is an “AI-native” agency, and why it changes the price
An AI-native agency embeds AI at every stage — design, dev, testing, docs. The result: timelines and prices cut sharply, without sacrificing quality.
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How AI cuts development time by a factor of 3
AI cuts development time roughly 3x by automating scaffolding, tests, refactoring, docs and exploration — while humans keep product judgment and architecture.
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Adding an AI feature to your SaaS: where to start
A practical guide to adding your first useful AI feature to your SaaS: use case, model vs API, costs, latency and measuring real value.
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Coding with AI in 2026: hype vs reality for a founder
What AI can really code in 2026, its limits, and what it concretely changes for a non-technical founder who wants their product built.
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AI agents in a product: the use cases worth building
What an AI agent in a product is, high-value use cases vs gimmicks, the pitfalls (cost, reliability, UX) and how to start small.
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SaaS idea: the 7 questions to answer before you code
Seven questions to settle before writing a line of code: problem, target, willingness to pay, V1 scope, differentiation, channel, success.
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How to validate a product idea before investing €15,000
Low-cost ways to validate before paying for a V1: interviews, landing page, pre-sales, fake door. Which signals truly validate an idea.
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Launching a SaaS solo: what to outsource (and what to keep)
As a solo founder, outsource the V1 build and the infra; keep product vision, customer relationships and distribution. The guide to avoiding dependency.
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The mistakes that kill a product before it even launches
Five classic mistakes kill a product before launch — scope too broad, over-engineering, no clear target, no user feedback, too slow — and how to avoid them.
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Finding your first 10 users when you don't have a product yet
How to land your first 10 users with no finished product: network, communities, targeted DMs, landing page and pre-sales. What actually works.
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Our stack for shipping a SaaS in one week
Khufu's stack in detail — Next.js, NestJS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, managed cloud — and why every layer serves both speed AND maintainability.
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Why we choose Next.js for (almost) every project
The concrete reasons behind our Next.js default: App Router, SSR/SSG, DX, ecosystem, deployment — and the cases where we don't pick it.
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React Native + Expo: iOS and Android with a single team
React Native + Expo: ship iOS and Android from one codebase with a single team. Advantages, limits, and when to prefer native.
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Choosing the right database for a SaaS built to scale
PostgreSQL covers 90% of a SaaS’s needs. When to pick relational over NoSQL, and how to think about indexes, migrations and scaling from V1.
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Hosting a SaaS: Vercel vs Cloud Run — when to choose which
Vercel for the Next.js front-end, Cloud Run for the NestJS API: costs, scaling and use cases to pick the right hosting infra for your SaaS.
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Build your V1 in-house or outsource it?
In-house vs outsourcing decision grid for a first version: real cost, speed, risk, code ownership. The recommendation based on your context.
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Do you need a technical CTO or an agency to launch your product?
Full-time CTO or agency to launch your product? Cost, timeline, commitment and control compared — and why hiring too early is a trap.
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Your V1, in production by Friday.
Tell us what you want to launch. We reply within 24h with a scope and a date.
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