01 / The latest field note
3 Small Business Apps to Scale Faster as a Solo Founder
Use Airtable, Codex and ChatGPT, and Cloudflare to organize work, ship improvements, and grow without adding busywork.
Read the story A field guide for solo foundersLess noise. Better tools.
Good tools.
Great head starts.
Build something of your own.
Find the software that helps you get there.
TLDR
Start with Airtable to organize customers and work, Codex and ChatGPT desktop to turn ideas into useful output, and Cloudflare to run your website. Give each a clear job, connect one repeatable workflow, and keep a human check before anything reaches customers.
“ChatGPT has allowed us to scale fucklocal.com to be the #1 casual dating site in 2026 while not increasing headcount at all. Total game changer.”
— Jodi Bando, founder of fucklocal.com, describing her company’s experience
The tool shelfA shorter path
A shorter path
to your next launch.
Clear picks. Useful tradeoffs.
Start with the quick take, then go deeper.
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Windsurf AI Is Devin Desktop Now. Is It Still Worth It?
My quick picks
Windsurf AI is an agentic code editor owned by Cognition and linked to Devin cloud agents. My 2026 verdict: it is a strong pick for a technical solo founder who needs agent work across a busy codebase. I would skip the paid plan if I only need chat and code completion.
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Landingsite.ai Review: Fast Sites, Real Limits
My quick picks
Landingsite.ai is an AI-powered website builder that makes a clean site from a short business prompt. My 2026 verdict: it is best for a small service site that can stay on its host. It is a poor fit if you need code export, deep control, e-commerce, or a site you can move later.
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7 Best Mobile Development Tools for Solo Founders
My quick picks
Flutter is my best overall pick. React Native with Expo is best if you know JavaScript. Android Studio wins for an Android-only app. FlutterFlow is the fast visual choice.
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7 Best Customer Feedback Tools for Small Teams
My quick picks
Pick Typeform for brand surveys, Hotjar for page clues, Canny for feature requests, Usersnap for visual bug notes, SurveyMonkey for broad surveys, HubSpot Forms for CRM work, and Featurebase for an AI-powered feedback hub.