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Shopify costs $39/mo before you sell anything. Here's how to run an online store with no subscription using Stripe, free hosting, and tools that already exist.
Most booking system small business guides push expensive monthly subscriptions. Here's what a Bay Area dog groomer taught me about picking the right one.
Etsy takes 12%+ per sale. A custom artist shop website costs less per year than two months of marketplace fees. Here's how to make the switch without losing customers.
That booking widget on your wellness studio site might be quietly eating 3% of every appointment. Here's what's really going on and what to do about it.
Everyone reaches for managed databases, Kubernetes, and microservices first. But the companies quietly shipping fastest often run SQLite, a VPS, and a deploy script.
A nail salon owner spent $1,100 on three popular SaaS tools over two years. The free alternatives do the same work for $0 a month.
A real breakdown of how one Bay Area restaurant ditched $380/month in SaaS fees for a custom ordering system that costs less than a large pizza.
Everyone assumes small businesses need MySQL or Postgres on a managed server. SQLite handles more than you think - and costs nothing to run.
Platform fees are eating your margins alive. Printify lets you sell custom products with zero inventory and keep more of your money.
Most salon booking platforms charge $60-110/mo. Square Appointments charges nothing for solo operators. Here's what that actually looks like in practice.
Everyone says PHP is dead. Meanwhile, 77% of the web runs on it and local shops keep choosing it over trendier options. Here's why.
No-code tools are popular for good reasons. But once you hit their walls, the monthly fees keep climbing while your options shrink.
Zapier connects apps. AI actually thinks through tasks. Here are five workflows where the difference matters for small businesses.
A $2K bug, a panicking bakery owner, and the pre-launch checklist that now lives rent-free in my head. Here's what went wrong and what I check every single time now.
Bandcamp takes 10-15% of every sale. Big Cartel gives musicians a simple website with zero revenue cuts - free for up to 5 products.
A $5/month VPS runs a Fremont cabinet shop doing $412K a year. The boring stack outperforms SaaS for most small businesses - here's the math.
A dental office manager burns 90 minutes a day on tasks an AI could handle in seconds. Here's the $49/month agent tool I keep installing for small shops.