- 7 October 2026How Much Does a Custom Booking System Cost in 2026? The Four Things That Set the PricePublished estimates for a custom booking system run from $4,000 to $180,000. Here is why they disagree, the four cost drivers, and when you should not build at all.
- 7 October 2026Bubble vs Custom Code for an MVP in 2026: How I Decide, Having Built BothBubble or custom code for your MVP? A plain comparison on speed, rules, data, cost and ownership from a developer certified in Bubble who also migrated a live Bubble product to Next.js.
- 7 October 2026When to Migrate Off Bubble in 2026: 7 Signs It Is Time, and 4 Signs You Should StaySlow pages, surprise workload-unit bills, rules you cannot test, data you cannot isolate. The signs a Bubble app has outgrown the platform, the signs it has not, and what a live migration involves.
- 7 October 2026Bubble to Next.js Migration: How to Move a Live App Without DowntimeA step-by-step guide to migrating a Bubble app to Next.js and Supabase while customers keep using it: inventory, schema, parallel build, rehearsed data moves, parity tests and cutover.
- 7 October 20268 Clinic Staff Scheduling Mistakes I Saw While Building a Rota System for Multi-Location PracticesThe staff scheduling mistakes that cost clinics hours every week: the WhatsApp rota, scheduling by name instead of credential, the same three people on cover, and more. With fixes.
- 7 October 202612 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Freelance Developer (and the One-Page Brief to Bring)Most hiring guides test the developer's skills. These twelve questions test the engagement: scope, ownership, milestones, staging, testing, handover. Plus a one-page brief template.
- 7 October 2026Spreadsheets vs a Custom Dashboard: When the Dashboard Pays for ItselfSpreadsheets are the right tool until six specific things happen. The signs, a simple cost test, and what a small business management system actually includes.
- 7 October 2026Which Business Tasks to Automate First: A Scoring Method, Plus the Two Things Most Guides SkipNot everything deserves a Zap. A simple scoring method to pick the first three automations for a small business, and the two things every guide skips: logging and what happens when a step fails.
- 7 October 2026Marketplace MVP: What to Build First for a Two-Sided Platform (and What to Leave for Version Two)Two-sided marketplaces are two products at once. The five things a marketplace MVP needs, the six it does not, and how to plan the empty-marketplace problem before you build.
- 7 October 2026What to Put in the Admin Panel for Your App: Build It from the Questions Your Team Asks Every DayAdmin dashboards get built last and used most. The eight things every admin panel needs, the three security rules vendors skip, and how to scope it from daily questions rather than feature lists.
- 7 October 2026Hiring a Developer to Fix Bugs in an App You Already Own: How to Brief It, What You Will Be Asked For, and How It Is PricedMost hire-a-developer pages price building an app from scratch. This one is for an app that already runs: the bug brief, the access checklist, the three kinds of fault, and the three pricing shapes.
- 7 October 2026Business Website, Landing Page or Both? What a Small Business Needs, and the Eight Blocks of a Homepage That Generates LeadsDecide by the job the page has to do: be found, or convert one source. Then build the homepage from eight blocks, in order. With an honest note on when WordPress is fine and when hand-coded wins.
- 7 October 2026Before Your SaaS Takes Its First Payment: The 14-Point Checklist Founders SkipLaunch playbooks cover waitlists and launch posts. This covers what has to be true before the first card is charged: webhooks, retries, subscription states, failed payments, cancellation, refunds, tax, emails and the pages lawyers ask for.
- 7 October 2026The Multi-Location Owner Dashboard: Seven Numbers to See Every Morning, and How to Build the Screen That Shows ThemRunning several locations from a spreadsheet per site hides the problem until month end. The seven numbers an owner should see daily, per location and in total, and how the permissions behind the screen work.