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By Ekky Armandi•Jul 26, 2026

The '10x Better Product' Myth: How Rella Hit $2M ARR by Finding a 10x Bigger Pain

How the founders of Rella scrapped their V1, pivoted to a hyper-specific audience, ignored the '10x better' myth, and scaled to $2M ARR by solving a bleeding-neck pain point for social media managers.

By Ekky Armandi•Jun 29, 2026

AI Engineer vs AI-native Engineer

AI engineer and AI-native engineer describe two distinct ways of building with AI. This article breaks down how they differ, where AI framework users fit, and how to position yourself in the evolving AI landscape.

By Ekky Armandi•Jun 25, 2026

MVP Development Agency vs Solo Developer: An Honest Comparison

Do you need an MVP development agency or one senior developer? An honest comparison of cost, speed, communication, and risk from the solo side of the table.

By Ekky Armandi•Jun 21, 2026

How to read Medium articles for free?

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By Ekky Armandi•Jun 12, 2026

React.js + FastAPI: the perfect stack for an AI web application

React.js and Python FastAPI are a practical, production-ready stack for AI web apps. This article explains why, with real-world patterns, RAG architecture, and tooling examples.

By Ekky Armandi•Jun 05, 2026

I Tested Design Automation for Catalog Images

A practical design automation experiment for turning structured data into bulk image catalogs with a custom web app workflow

By Ekky Armandi•May 21, 2026

Your Design Work is Repetitive — So Why Are You Still Doing It?

Most design work isn't creative — it's repetitive production wearing a design label. Here's why that's an operations problem, not a creativity problem, and how custom automation fixes it.

By Ekky Armandi•May 10, 2026

Mount, Stream, Authenticate FastMCP with FastAPI

Don't run a separate MCP server. Mount it into your existing FastAPI app — one process, one deployment, one set of auth and monitoring.

By Ekky Armandi•Apr 30, 2026

What is an MCP Server? A Founder's Guide (No Code Required)

MCP isn't a protocol. It's shelf space — inside the AI tools your customers already use. What that means, why it matters now, and how to decide if your product belongs on it.

By Ekky Armandi•Apr 27, 2026

FastAPI vs Go for MVP Backends: Change vs Stability

FastAPI vs Go for an MVP backend: FastAPI buys change, Go buys stability. How to choose based on the shape of your product, not a benchmark.