Guides on Building SaaS and AI Products
Practical, first-hand guides on building SaaS and AI products: how to scope and price an MVP, secure Supabase with Row Level Security, build RAG chatbots, hire an AI developer and choose between Stripe and Paystack.
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How Much Does It Cost to Build a SaaS MVP?
What a SaaS MVP really costs: the six drivers that set the price, the running costs founders forget, and how to cut scope without cutting the foundations.
Read the article →What Is an MVP in Software Development? A Founder's Guide
An MVP is the smallest version of a product that lets you learn from real users. What it includes, how it differs from a prototype, and how to scope one well.
Read the article →Supabase Row Level Security: Mistakes That Leak Customer Data
Supabase RLS best practices from auditing 157 API routes: the policy mistakes that expose customer data, how to spot them, and how to fix them safely.
Read the article →How to Hire an AI Developer: What to Look For and What to Avoid
How to hire an AI developer who ships: the skills that matter beyond prompts, questions to ask, red flags to avoid, and how to start with a small milestone.
Read the article →Next.js + Supabase vs Firebase for SaaS: Which Should You Choose?
Supabase vs Firebase for a Next.js SaaS: relational Postgres vs a document database, RLS vs Security Rules, pricing models, lock-in and which fits your product.
Read the article →How to Build a RAG Chatbot for Your Business with OpenAI and pgvector
Build a RAG chatbot that answers from your own content: chunking, OpenAI embeddings, pgvector search in Supabase, permission-aware retrieval and evaluation.
Read the article →Stripe vs Paystack for SaaS in Africa
Paystack vs Stripe for a SaaS selling in Africa: country support, local payment methods, subscriptions, developer experience and what migrating involves.
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