Honest picks for developers and indie hackers who build things.
Firebase's uncapped bill and lock-in push indie hackers out. Five real alternatives in 2026, from Supabase to single-bin...
The 'Bun is 4x faster' charts fall apart in real apps. Here's how Bun, Node, and Deno actually compare in 2026, and whic...
Three backends, three very different bills. Convex's real-time sync, Supabase's Postgres, or Firebase's pay-per-read. He...
SpaceX now owns Cursor. Six AI coding tools that give you an exit, from Windsurf and Zed to open-source Cline and Aider,...
These two mid-tier flagships cost almost exactly the same per month. The choice comes down to opposite strengths, and mo...
Four Claude models, a 10x price spread, one clear answer for solo devs. The honest breakdown of Haiku, Sonnet, Opus, and...
Lovable's 100-credit ceiling hits mid-project for a lot of builders. Here are 5 alternatives compared on real pricing, o...
Claude Code Artifacts launched for Team and Enterprise only. Here is what indie hackers on Free, Pro, and Max actually g...
Local coding models now handle most daily prompts on a laptop. Here is the honest quality gap, the hardware math, and wh...
Fable 5 beats Opus 4.8 on every published benchmark and costs exactly double. It is also suspended right now. Here is th...
SpaceX is acquiring Cursor for $60 billion. Nothing changes today, but the model-access risk is real. Here is what indie...
Bubble Starter costs $29/month but realistic production costs run $80-150/month once you add plugins. Workload Units are...
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