A while back I caught the indie hacker bug. Building products solo, shipping fast, learning from real users — there’s nothing else like it. That’s what drives this blog.
What is maketocreate?
This is where I write about what I actually build with and care about: solo SaaS, AI agents, backend systems for the AI era, and the strategy side of shipping products without a team.
No filler. No recycled tutorials. If you’ve ever searched a technical or founder topic and landed on a post that read like it was written by someone who never shipped anything — this is the opposite.
What you’ll find here
- SaaS Strategy — Building, launching, and growing solo. Like 10 Micro SaaS Ideas That AI Can’t Replicate in 2026 and From 0 to $1K MRR: The Complete Playbook for Solo Founders.
- AI & Agentic — How AI is reshaping how we code and run businesses. Practical takes on agents, tooling, and new workflows. See AI Agents for Solo Founders.
- Backend Infrastructure — System design for the AI era — gateways, observability, idempotency, scaling. See AI Gateway Architecture: 7 Cross-Cutting Concerns and OpenTelemetry GenAI.
- Developer Career — Honest takes on where the industry is going and what to bet your time on. See Language Mastery Is Dead. Product Thinking Is the New Moat.
- Marketing for Builders — Distribution without a budget. The unglamorous part most devs skip. See Marketing Strategy for Solo Founders: 6 Steps, $0 Budget.
Why I write
I started maketocreate to share what I’ve learned building software — and now, building products — for the better part of a decade. Writing forces clarity. If a post helps another developer ship something they’d otherwise have abandoned, that’s the whole point.
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