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Building Apatero Studio in Public Devlog #1

My Biggest Project Yet

Jul 24, 2025

Building Apatero Studio in Public Devlog #1

Jul 24, 2025

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Building Apatero Studio in Public Devlog #2

Last week I shared our ambitious goal to build Apatero Studio, an AI image generation platform that actually works for professionals.

Jul 31, 2025

Building Apatero Studio in Public Devlog #2

Jul 31, 2025

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Google Officially Recognizes Me as a Writer

When You Seach me on Google I appear as a Writer on the Top Results

Sep 14, 2024

Google Officially Recognizes Me as a Writer

Sep 14, 2024

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The Unique Strategy that Helped me Become a Consistent Writer

My writing life changed soon after I applied this strategy and started following the custom schedule that I made.

Nov 3, 2021

The Unique Strategy that Helped Me Become a Consistent Writer

Nov 3, 2021

The AI Influencer Business Model

How Creators Are Making $10K-50K/Month with Virtual Personas

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Managing a Monorepo with Git Submodules

What Works and What Hurts

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How We Handle Payments with Whop: A Developer’s Integration Guide

There is almost no technical content on the internet about integrating Whop as a payment system. I know because I looked. When we decided…

2d ago

How We Handle Payments with Whop: A Developer’s Integration Guide

2d ago

Building a Token/Credit System for a SaaS: Django, 8 Packages, 4 Tiers

Our platform processes thousands of AI generations per week. Each one costs us real money. An image generation burns GPU time on Fal.ai. A…

3d ago

Building a Token/Credit System for a SaaS: Django, 8 Packages, 4 Tiers

3d ago

Django vs FastAPI in 2026

I Used Both in Production (Here’s When to Pick Which)

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Server Hardening for Indie Devs

The Checklist Nobody Follows

5d ago

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CI/CD for a Two-Person Startup: GitHub Actions, GHCR, and K3s

We used to deploy by SSHing into our server at midnight, pulling the latest code, rebuilding Docker images, and praying nothing broke while…

6d ago

CI/CD for a Two-Person Startup: GitHub Actions, GHCR, and K3s

6d ago

The Complete K3s Production Stack for Indie Developers

Most Kubernetes tutorials stop after you deploy your first pod.

Mar 10

The Complete K3s Production Stack for Indie Developers

Mar 10

I Migrated from Docker Compose to K3s on a Single Server: Everything I Learned

Our Docker Compose setup ran fine. It deployed our Django backend, React frontend, PostgreSQL database, Redis, and Celery workers.

Mar 9

I Migrated from Docker Compose to K3s on a Single Server: Everything I Learned

Mar 9

I Paid $500 for AI Directory Listings. Here Is My Honest ROI Breakdown.

I am going to tell you something that most startup founders will not admit publicly. I spent close to $500 on AI directory submissions, and…

Mar 8

I Paid $500 for AI Directory Listings. Here Is My Honest ROI Breakdown.

Mar 8

How We Set Up Our Affiliate Program from Scratch (And Built Our Own Platform)

We were two developers running an AI generation platform, working our 9–5 jobs, trying to grow a product with no marketing budget. SEO had…

Mar 7

How We Set Up Our Affiliate Program from Scratch (And Built Our Own Platform)

Mar 7

How We Handle AI Generation Queues at Scale: Celery + Redis War Stories

Last Thursday at 11 PM, I watched our Celery queue depth hit 247 pending tasks. All four workers were stuck processing Veo 3.1 video…

Mar 7

How We Handle AI Generation Queues at Scale: Celery + Redis War Stories

Mar 7

The NSFW AI Market Is Bigger Than You Think (And Nobody’s Talking About It)

I run an AI image and video generation platform. We have SFW tiers. We have NSFW tiers. And I can tell you exactly which ones drive…

Mar 6

The NSFW AI Market Is Bigger Than You Think (And Nobody’s Talking About It)

Mar 6

FLUX.2 LoRA Training: The Complete 2026 Guide (From Someone Who Built the Training Platform)

I built the serverless LoRA training infrastructure at Apatero. This is everything I learned about FLUX fine tuning, LoRA training…

Mar 5

FLUX.2 LoRA Training: The Complete 2026 Guide (From Someone Who Built the Training Platform)

Mar 5

Prometheus + Grafana: The Monitoring Setup Your Small App Deserves

Because “users will tell us if something breaks” isn’t a monitoring strategy.

Mar 4

Prometheus + Grafana: The Monitoring Setup Your Small App Deserves

Mar 4

I Compared the Cost of Every AI Video API: Here’s What Each Clip Actually Costs

The real dollar cost of MiniMax, Kling, Sora, and Veo from someone running them all in production

Mar 4

I Compared the Cost of Every AI Video API: Here’s What Each Clip Actually Costs

Mar 4

PostgreSQL Performance Tuning That Actually Matters

The 20% of config changes that solve 80% of performance problems.

Mar 3

PostgreSQL Performance Tuning That Actually Matters

Mar 3

Chinese AI Video Models Are Winning. Western Labs Should Be Worried.

Six months ago, if you asked me which country would dominate AI video generation in 2026, I would have said the United States without…

Mar 3

Chinese AI Video Models Are Winning. Western Labs Should Be Worried.

Mar 3

10 ComfyUI Custom Nodes That Will Transform Your Workflow

The nodes that made me 5x more productive with AI image generation.

Mar 2

10 ComfyUI Custom Nodes That Will Transform Your Workflow

Mar 2

I Tested Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.0, Sora 2, and Veo 3.1 and Here’s the Truth.

Every few weeks, another AI video model drops and the internet loses its mind. “This one will replace Hollywood.” “This is the one.”

Mar 1

I Tested Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.0, Sora 2, and Veo 3.1 and Here’s the Truth.

Mar 1

FLUX vs Stable Diffusion: Which Should You Use in 2026?

Mar 1

Best LoRA Training Settings for FLUX in 2026

The settings that actually work, tested on hundreds of training runs.

Feb 28

Best LoRA Training Settings for FLUX in 2026

Feb 28

Why Your Docker Builds Are Slow (And How to Fix It)

That 15-minute build can be 30 seconds. Here’s how.

Feb 27

Why Your Docker Builds Are Slow (And How to Fix It)

Feb 27

The Git Workflow That Keeps Solo Developers Sane

You don’t need GitFlow. You need something that works when there’s no team to review your PRs.

Feb 26

The Git Workflow That Keeps Solo Developers Sane

Feb 26

Building Apatero Studio in Public Devlog #9

We crossed the halfway mark. Shipped books. Made music. And yeah, there are bugs.

Feb 26

Building Apatero Studio in Public Devlog #9

Feb 26

The AI Tools I Actually Use Every Day as a Developer

Not the ones I tried once and forgot. The ones I can’t work without.

Feb 25

The AI Tools I Actually Use Every Day as a Developer

Feb 25

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What I Learned Building a SaaS While Working a 9-to-5

It’s not about hustle culture. It’s about ruthless prioritization.

Feb 18

What I Learned Building a SaaS While Working a 9-to-5

Feb 18

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How to Pick a Tech Stack Without Overthinking It

You’ve spent three weeks researching frameworks. You haven’t written a line of code. Let’s fix that.

Feb 10

How to Pick a Tech Stack Without Overthinking It

Feb 10

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The SEO Strategy That Actually Works for Developer Tools in 2026

Forget “10 tips for better SEO.” Here’s the system that drives real traffic.

Feb 10

The SEO Strategy That Actually Works for Developer Tools in 2026

Feb 10

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Building a Production REST API with Django REST Framework

The patterns that scale from MVP to millions of requests.

Feb 7

Building a Production REST API with Django REST Framework

Feb 7

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We Built an AI Platform While Working 9 to 5. Here’s How We Hit $2.75K MRR in 1 Month

No funding. No quitting our jobs. Just two developers, a VPS, and a problem worth solving.

Feb 6

We Built an AI Platform While Working 9 to 5. Here’s How We Hit $2.75K MRR in 1 Month

Feb 6

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K3s: The Kubernetes Distribution That Actually Makes Sense for Side Projects

Deploy your app to a real Kubernetes cluster in 30 minutes, not 30 days.

Feb 5

K3s: The Kubernetes Distribution That Actually Makes Sense for Side Projects

Feb 5

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How to Set Up ComfyUI on M4 Mac: The Complete Guide

Run Stable Diffusion and FLUX locally on Apple Silicon with full GPU acceleration.

Feb 5

How to Set Up ComfyUI on M4 Mac: The Complete Guide

Feb 5

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Server Hardening Checklist: Secure Your VPS in Under 2 Hours

The first thing you should do after spinning up a new server. Before deploying anything.

Jan 29

Jan 29

Building Apatero Studio in Public Devlog #8

Credit cards changed everything. Revenue 5x’d. And we’re just getting started.

Jan 8

Building Apatero Studio in Public Devlog #8

Jan 8

Image-to-Image AI Comparison 2025 Style Transfer, Inpainting, Upscaling

Apatero Blog Open Source AI & Programming Tutorials

Jan 3

Image-to-Image AI Comparison 2025 Style Transfer, Inpainting, Upscaling

Jan 3

Building Apatero Studio in Public Devlog #7

We Launched. People Paid. We’re Not Dreaming.

Dec 29, 2025

Building Apatero Studio in Public Devlog #7

Dec 29, 2025

Building Apatero Studio in Public Devlog #6

We’re Still Here, and We’ve Been Busy

Dec 11, 2025

Building Apatero Studio in Public Devlog #6

Dec 11, 2025

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Building Apatero in Public Devlog #5

Sometimes the Best Progress Happens When You Step Away

Sep 3, 2025

Sep 3, 2025

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Building Apatero Studio in Public Devlog #4

This week felt like deep-sea diving into the technical trenches.

Aug 16, 2025

Building Apatero Studio in Public Devlog #4

Aug 16, 2025

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Building Apatero Studio in Public Devlog #3

We’re back this week with some AMAZING progress!

Aug 9, 2025

Building Apatero Studio in Public Devlog #3

Aug 9, 2025

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Google Just Launched a Free Lovable Competitor and Nobody’s Talking About It

Most vibe coders are paying $20–50/month for AI app builders while Google quietly released something that might make them obsolete.

Aug 5, 2025

Google Just Launched a Free Lovable Competitor and Nobody’s Talking About It

Aug 5, 2025

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What is PyTorch & Cuda?

The GPU Revolution That Changed AI Forever

Aug 5, 2025

Aug 5, 2025

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Getting Started with RunPod for AI Image Generation

The Complete Beginner’s Guide

Aug 5, 2025

Getting Started with RunPod for AI Image Generation

Aug 5, 2025

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Stop Searching for LoRAs Train Your Own

You’ve spent hours scrolling through CivitAI, Discord servers, and Reddit threads, hunting for the perfect LoRA that captures exactly what…

Aug 2, 2025

Aug 2, 2025

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I Think I Just Created My Dream Game (Or At Least Started To)

I found Lovable for Games

Jul 28, 2025

I Think I Just Created My Dream Game (Or At Least Started To)

Jul 28, 2025

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Schedise vs Cal.com: The Battle for Next-Generation Scheduling Supremacy

I’m a developer and product manager at Schedise, but I’ve also tortured myself by testing every scheduling platform imaginable Calendly…

Jul 27, 2025

Schedise vs Cal.com: The Battle for Next-Generation Scheduling Supremacy

Jul 27, 2025

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Why Every Developer Should Learn About Docker

From Confusion to Containerization Mastery

Jul 25, 2025

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Let’s Talk About MCP (Model Context Protocol)

From Anthropic

Jul 25, 2025

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The Complete AI Image Generation Guide

From Model Selection to Professional Workflows

Jul 25, 2025

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Photoshop is Obsolete

Why ComfyUI is the New Generation Creative Platform

Jul 22, 2025

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Schedise vs Calendly: Why the Next-Gen Scheduling Platform Might Kill the King

Most businesses think scheduling tools are just digital calendars with booking links. After using scheduling systems for 5 years that I…

Jul 22, 2025

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I’m Back and I’ve Been Building Something Incredible in AI

9 months of disappearing into the world of AI automation and what I learned along the way

Jul 21, 2025

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JavaScript is Dead, or Is It?

Why JavaScript Remains the King of Web Development

Nov 15, 2024

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Your AI is Judging You

What Your AI Assistant Really Thinks About You

Nov 11, 2024

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The Spellbinding Tradition That Keeps Me Coming Back to Hogwarts

The hidden reason behind my annual movie marathon

Nov 10, 2024