Founder guides
Process, hiring, stack choices, and cost — written for people about to hire a team. Cost tables by app type still live under /cost; these guides cover the decisions around them.
Process
MVP Development Process
Most MVP projects slip because the process is vague. Discovery never ends, design is never approved, and engineering starts on a moving target. This is the proc…
Decision guide
MVP vs Prototype
Founders mix these up and burn runway. A prototype answers 'does this interaction make sense?' An MVP answers 'will someone use (or pay for) this in the real wo…
Tech decision
React Native vs Flutter for an MVP
For most startup MVPs, both React Native and Flutter can ship iOS and Android from one codebase. The decision is about hiring, your web stack, and whether you n…
Architecture
Best Tech Stack for an MVP
The best MVP stack is the one your future hire can maintain and that gets the product in front of users this month. Ours is boring on purpose: TypeScript, Next.…
Hiring
How to Hire an MVP Development Agency
Hiring an MVP agency is a procurement problem with a product deadline. The wrong partner costs you a quarter and a messy repo. Use this checklist on the first c…
Before you build
How to Validate an App Idea Before Development
Building is the expensive way to test a sentence. Validate the problem and the willingness to change behavior (or pay) before you fund a 21-day sprint. This is …
Cost guide
Cost to Build an Uber-like App
Search results that quote '$50,000 to $300,000 for an Uber clone' are mixing a three-sided logistics company with a first version you can test in one city. Here…