SaaS
Shipping a SaaS in 14 weeks with Next.js, Postgres and Stripe
A pragmatic playbook for going from idea to first paying customers without burning the runway: scope cuts, boring stack choices, and the bits we automated early.
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Notes on software, SaaS and AI
Practical write-ups from the Novyra studio on building software, shipping SaaS, and integrating AI into real products.
- AI
RAG for internal documents: what actually works in production
Most demos look great and most production deployments look terrible. Here is the boring set of choices that gets a document assistant to be actually useful for a real team.
Read more - Automation
When to reach for n8n (and when to write a worker instead)
Workflow tools are great until they are not. A short field guide to deciding between an n8n workflow, a small Python worker, or a proper backend job.
Read more - ERP & Digitalization
Custom ERP vs Odoo: how to actually choose for a growing SMB
When to pick an open-source ERP, when to extend it, and when to build your own — from a team that ships both. Plus a phased digitalization roadmap that does not stall after month three.
Read more - Custom software
Custom software vs no-code: when each one actually wins
No-code is not the enemy of custom development — it is the prototype phase. A practical framework to decide when Airtable + Zapier is enough, and when you have outgrown it.
Read more - Web applications
Why we still pick Next.js + Postgres for serious web apps in 2026
Tech trends come and go — full-stack frameworks, edge runtimes, vector databases, AI-first stacks. Here is why our default is still boring on purpose.
Read more - SaaS
Scaling a SaaS from MVP to real revenue: what actually breaks
Shipping the MVP is the easy part. Here is what we have seen break — and what to fix proactively — between the first 10 paying customers and the first 1,000.
Read more - AI & Automation
Where AI automation actually saves money in an SMB (and where it does not)
AI is genuinely useful in business — but not in the places most articles claim. After deploying it across a dozen SMBs, here is where it pays back in 6 months and where it quietly burns cash.
Read more - UI/UX design
Interface design when engineers also build it: fewer cycles, better products
Most design failures are not aesthetic — they are handoff failures. Here is why we draw and code our interfaces in the same room, and what we have stopped doing because of it.
Read more - Ecommerce
Shopify, WooCommerce or headless: an honest 2026 decision guide
Choosing the wrong ecommerce platform costs years, not months. A practical comparison from a team that has shipped on all three — including the costs nobody mentions in the sales pitch.
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