the tools and workflows of running lean
The Scrappy Stack
Field notes on running lean — the tools, the workflows, and the tradeoffs nobody puts in the marketing copy. Written from experience, for the team of one.
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The Review Tax: Why AI Coding Agents Made Me Slower Before They Made Me Faster
Coding agents don't remove your bottleneck — they move it. A solo founder's account of where the time actually goes, and the workflow that finally made the speed real.
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Earn the Second Tool: A Solo Founder's Rule for Not Drowning in Subscriptions
Adding software feels like progress and is usually overhead. The decision rule I use to keep a lean stack lean — and the specific signals that tell me a tool has finally earned its place.
By Dana Okafor→