What Is Technical Debt, and When Does It Become Dangerous?
A plain definition of technical debt, why every early product has some on purpose, the signs it is becoming a problem, and how to manage it without a rewrite.
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What Is a Backend? A Plain-Language Explanation for Founders
The part of your product users never see, what it does, why it is often half the budget, and the questions to ask about it.
Read moreWhat Is a Frontend? The Part of Your App Users Actually Touch
What the frontend covers, how it relates to design and to the backend, and why one product can have several.
Read moreWhat Is an API? Why It Matters More Than Any Other Technical Term
The one technical concept every founder should understand: how software talks to software, and why it decides what your product can connect to and grow into.
Read moreWhat Is a Tech Stack, and Does a Founder Need to Choose One?
What the phrase covers, what actually matters about it for a non-technical founder, and the one thing you should insist on.
Read moreWhat Is a Database? Where Your Product's Data Lives
What a database is, why its design in the first release matters for years, and the questions about backup, ownership and privacy every founder should ask.
Read moreWhat Is Cloud Hosting, and What Will It Cost You?
Where your product actually runs, what the cloud bill covers, typical monthly costs for an early product, and the account ownership rule that is not negotiable.
Read moreWhat Is a Functional Prototype, and When Do You Need One?
The difference between a clickable prototype and a functional one, what each proves, what they cost, and how a functional prototype becomes the first slice of the real product.
Read moreWireframe, Mockup and Prototype: What Is the Difference?
Three words that get used interchangeably and mean different things, what each is for in a project, and which one you should be reviewing at each stage.
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