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longer reads.

roundups and hub posts for when you want more than a single verdict.

october 27, 2026

i checked the pricing on the big comparison sites. a lot of it is wrong.

five cases where software comparison sites quoted prices the vendor's own page contradicts — including one where everybody repeats a $15 plan that cannot do the thing it is being compared for. with the receipts, and the reason it keeps happening.

september 24, 2026

jev gives you a number for how unsure it is. that's a design tool.

most ai interfaces show you one confident answer. typesafe's jev returns a confidence score instead, and that single number changes what you can design. a short read for designers.

september 21, 2026

i re-checked pricing on 76 tool comparisons. 15 of them were wrong.

shortwave went from $9 to $30 and lost its free tier. screen studio killed its lifetime licence. gumroad quietly became a merchant of record. most comparison pages — including mine — were still quoting the old numbers.

june 29, 2026

every ai tool compared — mid-2026 edition

chatgpt vs claude, cursor vs claude code, elevenlabs vs openai tts — honest verdicts on the ai tools that matter right now. dated because they'll change.

june 29, 2026

the best design tools in 2026 — an honest list

figma, rive, framer, penpot, and the rest — ranked by someone who actually designs with them. no participation trophies.

june 29, 2026

the best developer tools in 2026 — an honest list

cursor, supabase, vercel, linear, drizzle, and the rest — ranked by a designer who ships side projects with them. not a sponsored listicle.