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How to Get Your Product Into an Editorial Roundup or Shortlist
How to get your product into an editorial roundup or shortlist on Listed Press: criteria-led pages, free vs $29 plans, and how to verify the link.
How to Ship an MCP Server So AI Assistants Can Use Your Product
How to ship an MCP server: pick 3-6 tools from real user jobs, reuse your API and sign-in, keep writes safe, and host it remotely for AI assistants.
How to Get Editorial Backlinks as an Indie Maker (Without Agency Prices)
How to get editorial backlinks as an indie maker: journalist pitches, guest posts, roundups, agencies and press networks, plus Google's paid-link rule.
Where to Launch Your Startup in 2026, by Stage
Where to launch your startup in 2026, stage by stage: pre-launch, launch week and after, with prices, link types and cadence for each platform.
How to Run Background Jobs Without Losing Work
How to run background jobs without losing work: pick a job queue, make jobs idempotent, retry with backoff, watch failed jobs and keep cron visible.
How to Write a One-Page Feature Spec Before You Build
How to write a one-page feature spec: the problem in a user's words, appetite, non-goals, a rough flow, edge cases, a success signal and when to stop.
How to Add Undo and a Trash Folder So Users Never Lose Work
How to add undo and a trash folder: undo messages instead of confirm dialogs, soft delete with deleted_at, a 30-day trash, version history and a purge job.
How to Handle File Uploads in Your Product Without Getting Burned
How to handle file uploads safely: server-side checks, presigned URLs, private storage, safe download headers, image processing, upload UX and cleanup.
How to Change Your Database Schema Without Breaking Production
How to change a Postgres schema without downtime: expand and contract, lock timeouts, concurrent indexes, NOT VALID, batched backfills, and a 7-day plan.
How to Handle Time Zones and Dates in Your Product Without Bugs
How to handle time zones and dates in a web app: store UTC instants and IANA zones, keep local times for future events, avoid DST bugs, test, 7-day plan.
How to Add Keyboard Shortcuts and a Command Palette to Your Product
How to add keyboard shortcuts and a Cmd K command palette to a web app: pick the first ten, avoid browser keys, stay accessible, track use, 7-day plan.
How to Ship a Public API Your First Customers Will Actually Use
How to ship a public API small SaaS customers will use: scope v1 from real jobs, safe API keys, clear errors, rate limits, versioning, docs, a 14-day plan.