Notes on building.
Guides on mobile apps, web platforms and AI products. Cost breakdowns, stack comparisons and how we ship.
How to Build a Stablecoin Payment App After the GENIUS Act
The GENIUS Act turned stablecoins from a regulatory gray area into a federally licensed payments rail. If you are building a payment app in 2026, ignoring stablecoins means ignoring the cheapest settlement layer available.
How to build · Jun 11, 2026 · 14 min read
How to Build an MCP Gateway for Enterprise AI Applications
Most enterprises don't need one MCP server. They need dozens. An MCP gateway is the control plane that routes, secures, and monitors all of them from a single entry point.
How to build · Jun 10, 2026 · 14 min read
How to Build a Plugin Marketplace for Your SaaS Product 2026
A plugin marketplace is the single highest-leverage feature you can add to a mature SaaS product. Here is how to build one that developers actually want to publish on.
How to build · Jun 10, 2026 · 14 min read
How to Build a Restaurant Online Ordering System From Scratch
Third-party platforms take 15 to 30% of every order and own your customer data. Building your own restaurant online ordering system puts margins and relationships back in your hands.
How to build · Jun 10, 2026 · 14 min read
How to Build a Fintech Lending Platform: Loan Origination Guide
Lending platforms print money when they work and hemorrhage cash when they do not. This guide covers every layer of loan origination, from credit decisioning and compliance to servicing and collections.
How to build · Jun 10, 2026 · 14 min read
How to Build an AI Contract Lifecycle Management Tool in 2026
Legal teams drown in contracts they can barely track, let alone optimize. Here is how to build an AI-powered CLM tool that handles the full journey from ingestion to renewal with real intelligence baked into every step.
How to build · Jun 9, 2026 · 14 min read
How to Build an Internal Developer Platform From Scratch 2026
Most platform engineering teams fail not because of bad tooling, but because they build a platform nobody asked for. Here is how to build an IDP that developers actually use.
How to build · Jun 7, 2026 · 15 min read
How to Build a Print-on-Demand Storefront App From Scratch
Print-on-demand lets you sell custom products with zero inventory risk. Here is the full technical blueprint for building a POD storefront that handles design, fulfillment, and scale.
How to build · Jun 7, 2026 · 14 min read
How to Build a Nurse Practitioner Clinical Workflow App 2026
Nurse practitioners operate with a unique blend of autonomy and collaboration that generic EHR systems fail to support. Here is how to build a clinical workflow app purpose-built for NP practice patterns, regulatory requirements, and point-of-care demands.
How to build · Jun 6, 2026 · 14 min read
How to Build an AI Product Photography and Catalog Tool 2026
Building an AI product photography tool means stitching together segmentation, generation, and upscaling models into a pipeline that merchandising teams can actually use. Here is how to architect one that handles hundreds of SKUs without melting your GPU budget.
How to build · Jun 6, 2026 · 14 min read
How to Build a Customer Health Score Dashboard for SaaS 2026
Your CSM team is firefighting churned accounts they never saw coming. A customer health score dashboard gives you a single number per account that predicts retention, expansion, and risk before it is too late.
How to build · Jun 6, 2026 · 13 min read
How to Build an AI Document Review Platform for Legal Teams
Legal associates spend 60%+ of their time on document review at $200-500/hr. Here is the technical blueprint for building an AI platform that cuts review costs by 70% while exceeding human accuracy on privilege and relevance calls.
How to build · Jun 6, 2026 · 14 min read