SaaS Articles

10 posts

• Better Auth vs Clerk vs Supabase Auth: Which Should Solo Devs Pick in 2026? 4/20/2026 Auth is the decision that silently shapes your product for years. Clerk is the polished default. Supabase Auth is the pragmatic bundle. Better Auth is the open-source challenger changing the conversation in 2026. Here is how I pick between them for solo dev projects.
• SaaS Churn Is Killing Your Business. Here Is What to Do About It (Without a Support Team) 4/17/2026 A 5% drop in monthly churn can double your LTV. Most solo founders know this but do not have a system for actually fixing it without hiring support staff. This is that system.
• Prompt Injection Is the New SQL Injection: Defending AI Apps in 2026 4/15/2026 Prompt injection is the single most underrated security risk in AI applications today. It is easy to pull off, hard to fully fix, and most developers shipping AI features have no defenses in place at all. Here is a practical guide to understanding the threat and actually doing something about it.
• The Real Cost of Running AI in Production: How to Cut Your LLM Bills by 60 to 90 Percent 4/14/2026 Most developers ship their first AI feature, watch the bill explode, and assume that is just the cost of doing business. It is not. Model routing, prompt caching, and batch processing can cut your LLM spending by 60 to 90 percent without sacrificing quality. Here is how to actually do it.
• What Happens After You Vibe Code: Production Observability for Solo Developers 4/14/2026 Shipping fast with AI is the strategy everyone is talking about. But 51 percent of GitHub commits are now AI-assisted, and bug density in AI-generated code is measurably higher. When something breaks in production and you are the only developer, the cost is not just downtime. It is a week of momentum. Here is how to set up monitoring that catches problems before your users do.
• Developer-Led Growth in 2026: How to Get Your First 100 Paying Customers 4/9/2026 Most developers who build good products still struggle to get paying customers. The product is almost never the problem. Distribution almost always is. Here is what actually works for developer tools and technical SaaS in 2026.
• The SaaSapocalypse Is Real: What Smart Developers Should Build Instead 4/8/2026 AI agents are collapsing the build-vs-buy decision that made SaaS valuable. In January 2026, roughly $2 trillion in SaaS market cap evaporated in 30 days. This is not a cycle. It is a structural shift. Here is an honest look at what is happening, which categories are done, and what developers should actually build in a world where agents replace interfaces.
• AI Wrappers Are Dead: What Smart Developers Are Building Instead in 2026 4/3/2026 McKinsey reports only 3% of AI startups will survive the next two years. Google just warned that companies built around LLM wrappers have their check engine light on. The average AI wrapper has a 65% churn rate within 90 days. But developers who understand what comes after wrappers are building the most valuable software of the decade. The AI gold rush is not over. The easy money is.
• The Micro SaaS Playbook: How Developers Are Building Profitable Products in Weeks, Not Months 4/3/2026 The micro SaaS market is projected to grow from $15.7 billion to $59.6 billion by 2030. Solo developers are shipping in weekends what used to take months. But 70% of micro SaaS products generate under $1,000 a month. The difference is not the idea or the tech stack. It is the process. Here is the playbook for finding, building, and shipping a micro SaaS that actually makes money in 2026.
• You're Probably Undercharging: A Practical Guide to SaaS Pricing for Indie Hackers 3/25/2026 Most indie hackers set their price once, pick something that feels safe, and never touch it again. That one decision quietly caps their revenue for months. Here is what I have learned about SaaS pricing from my own products and from watching dozens of founders get it wrong, including me.