On-device small language models
A 3B model on a phone won't write your novel. It will summarise, classify and redact without your data leaving the device.
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41
Oct 2026
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The indie creator stack, itemized
Forty-one subscriptions later, here are the nine tools that survived and the honest maths behind each one.
Ship the boring version first
The clever architecture can wait for the second version. The first one has to exist.
Evals before prompts
Tweaking a prompt without a test set is redecorating in the dark. Write twenty examples first.
From sketch to system
Paper wireframes are cheap to throw away. That's the point.
One hundred issues in
What two years of a weekly letter taught me about deadlines, growth and saying less.
Local-first, in practice
Apps that work offline and sync later feel faster than any CDN. Here's what it took to build one.
Notes from a small print run
Two hundred copies, two inks, one jammed drum and a lesson about paper weight.
Style guide
Every block the editor offers, printed in two inks. Useful to check the theme with your own settings.
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