Build log

THE LOG

Everything I ship, break, and learn — written down while it's still fresh.

2026.05.12

Shipping a Go binary users can actually run

Cross-compiling, code-signing, and the support tickets that taught me what 'self-host' really means.

GoDevOps
8 MIN
2026.03.30

Why my viral project made $0

ASCII-CAM hit the front page and taught me the difference between attention and a business.

IndiePostmortem
6 MIN
2026.02.02

No framework, no problem

I rebuilt this whole site in raw HTML, CSS and 90 lines of JS. Here's what I didn't miss.

FrontendRant
5 MIN
2025.11.18

Build in public, fail in public

Two years of shipping with the metrics visible. The good, the cringe, and what I'd redo.

IndieMoney
10 MIN

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