Build stories
Real apps. Real walls. Real fixes.
Published build stories from the founding studio. Each one names the tool stack, the wall, and the workaround that actually shipped.
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The Startup That Didn’t Own Its Own Code
A synthesis of the well-documented pattern where founders discover they don’t legally own their app’s code — often during a fundraising due diligence process.
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The Lovable Production Migration That Almost Went Wrong
A synthesis of documented challenges teams face when moving Lovable apps to production infrastructure — and the sequence that prevents them.
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Invoice generator with Stripe + PDF email
End-to-end invoicing in a weekend.
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Onboarding portal for a B2B SaaS
Replaced a Notion page with a typed product flow.
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Job application tracker for a bootcamp cohort
Kanban + Gmail integration for 30 users.
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Internal CRM that replaced HubSpot for a 4-person team
Built in 12 hours with Lovable + Supabase.
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RAG over personal markdown notes
Upload Obsidian vault, query with Gemini.