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A publication about independent publishing, creator economics, and building software that respects your time.
release
VeloCMS 3.0 — The CMS That Respects Your Time
We rebuilt the editor from scratch, added AI writing assistance, and shipped custom domain support. Here's everything that's new.
database
Why SQLite Beats PostgreSQL for Blog CMSes
The data model for a blog CMS is read-heavy, latency-sensitive, and single-tenant by default. SQLite wins on all three axes.
writing
Writing Daily Without Burning Out
The system that let me publish every day for 90 days without missing an issue or hating my work.
newsletter
How to Grow a Newsletter from Zero (Without Buying Ads)
The playbook that took The Weekly from 0 to 8,400 subscribers in 14 months, spending exactly $0 on paid acquisition.
memberships
How to Set Up Paid Memberships in VeloCMS
A complete walkthrough of connecting Stripe, setting your pricing tiers, and publishing your first paywalled post — in under 30 minutes.
tools
The Indie Maker Stack in 2026
The exact tools I'd use to build and ship a one-person SaaS today — from idea to first dollar.
page-builder
Page Builder v2 — Block-Based Pages Without the Overhead
How we redesigned the page builder from scratch to be fast, accessible, and require zero learning curve.
creator-economy
Interview: How Sarah Chen Makes $8K/Month Writing About Urban Gardening
Sarah quit her product management job to write about container gardening. 18 months later, she's replaced her salary and her waitlist has 400 people.
cloudflare
Custom Domains: How VeloCMS Provisions SSL in 60 Seconds
The technical story of how we use Cloudflare for SaaS to automate SSL provisioning for every tenant custom domain.