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Guides to fixing and launching AI-built apps
Fixes, prices, and hiring advice for apps built with Lovable, Bolt, and Replit on Supabase and Stripe, plus website and app cost guides from real projects.
6 minDo you need a designer before you hire a developer?
When a designer should come first and when a developer can design as they build, three ways to get a site designed, real projects with and without Figma files, what a good design handoff includes, and mistakes to avoid.
9 minHow long does a website redesign take? A 2026 timeline
Redesign timelines by type, a week-by-week plan with what you get each week, four real projects, what to have ready before kickoff, and how to hit a launch date.
10 minHow much does a business website redesign cost?
Real 2026 redesign prices, four real projects with what drove each price, what a quote should include, the costs people forget, how to pay, and a brief you can copy.
7 minHow much does it cost to add AI to an existing product?
What it costs to build each kind of AI feature, a worked example of the monthly AI bill, off-the-shelf tools vs custom, two real AI products, what drives the cost, the costs people forget, and red flags in an AI quote.
8 minHow much does it cost to take over an existing app?
What an app takeover costs at each stage, what the review should tell you, three real takeovers with prices and results, the costs people forget, and a handover checklist.
8 minHow much does website maintenance cost a business?
Real monthly maintenance prices, why quotes range from $50 to $3,000, what a site costs to run each year, what a plan should include, and when paying per change is cheaper.
7 minShould you hire a full-time developer or a freelancer?
When a freelancer is the better hire and when it's time for someone full-time, what each really costs in year one, three real situations, the risks of each, and questions to answer before you post a job.
6 minShould you pay a freelance developer in equity or cash?
Why equity for a freelance project rarely works for either side, what a share of your company really costs, typical equity for cofounders, employees, and advisors, and what to do if you can't pay cash yet.
5 minShould you pick a SaaS tech stack before you hire?
What you should decide about a SaaS tech stack and what to leave to the developer, a plain-English guide to the layers, four rules any stack should follow, stacks from real products, and red flags in a proposal.
8 minShould you hire a developer for an AI-generated app?
How to tell when an app built with AI tools needs a developer, what usually breaks, three common situations and what to do in each, what fixing it costs, and a checklist you can run today.
5 minShould you hire a fractional CTO or a freelance developer?
What a fractional CTO does and what a freelance developer does, what each costs in year one, four questions that decide it, three situations, how the two work together, and signs you're paying for the wrong one.
5 minWhen should you leave no-code for a custom product?
The signs you've outgrown Bubble, Webflow, Glide, or Softr, why no-code bills keep rising, what happens to your data and logins, what moving costs, three situations, and how to switch.