developerWithACat

I built ForecastSheets, a Google Sheets forecasting add-on that hit 3k downloads but earned nothing.

I tried using AI to search Autotrader and check MOT history - stale data, bot blocks, and CAPTCHAs got in the way.

After major GitHub Actions supply chain attacks, commit SHA pinning is no longer optional.

I tried to stop web scrapers and bots.

A failed entrepreneur's reflections on never giving up, market research, and corporate challenges.

Should you pin GitHub Actions by commit SHA?

Cloudflare's pay-per-crawl lets publishers charge AI bots.

I was scared no one would read my personal blog.

Why I refuse to sign NDAs when potential cofounders ask.

Deciding whether to join Antler's startup incubator / accelerator?

What it was like joining Antler's startup incubator / accelerator program in London - my personal experience, and struggles.

Exploring the crowded space of form limiter apps on the Google Workspace Marketplace, and their business models.

A candid postmortem of my failed UK company database startup.

Filtering 5,300 Google Workspace Marketplace apps with AI to uncover 205 high-value opportunities while skipping low-value, hard-to-sell niches.

Part 1 of my Google Workspace Marketplace research: analyzing 5,300 apps to identify startup opportunities.

A retrospective on building and shutting down a TikTok trend-tracking startup.

I skipped fancy UI and went with simple CSV uploads.

Beware of setting up service tests using containers; it involves a lot of work, and the benefits are minimal.

You don't need to set up an entire database if you want to store some data temporarily inside your API.

5 years ago, I decided to switch careers and become a software engineer.