Build Files · Public by default
Two tracks. Build files document real builds end to end — the brief, what broke, the fix, what it cost. Teardowns do the math on tools you're renting: what the subscription costs, what a one-off build would cost, when it pays for itself. Real client work gets logged whether it's flattering or not.
Studio Project Overview
Track A · Build Files
The hub file: six ordinary businesses, six one-off builds — a bakery's order book, an auto shop's bookings, a property manager's dispatch, an accountant's document chase, an e-shop's invoices, a clinic's no-shows. Each has its own build file: the routine, the build, the crossover month.
8 September 2026 · Patterns C-001 · Hub file
Paper order book, missed calls in the morning rush, cakes remade for free. The €390 ordering bot. Crossover: month 2.
8 September 2026 · Build File C-001 · 3 min
Missed calls while hands are under cars, reminder calls by memory. The €390 booking page + reminders. Crossover: month 1.
8 September 2026 · Build File C-002 · 3 min
Leak reports buried between family chats, contractor phone-tag. The €690 maintenance portal. Crossover: month 4.
8 September 2026 · Build File C-003 · 3 min
Thirty emails, twelve chasers, PDFs retyped by hand. The €390 intake + nudge automation. Crossover: month 1.
8 September 2026 · Build File C-004 · 3 min
Label sites, typed invoices, tracking emails — every evening. The €390–€690 order-to-tracking glue. Crossover: month 2–3.
8 September 2026 · Build File C-005 · 3 min
12% of slots empty at €70 each. The €390 reminder automation with waitlist. Crossover: week 1.
8 September 2026 · Build File C-006 · 3 min
The first real client order, end to end: brief in, build, delivery, invoice. Logged whether it's flattering or not.
Queued · Ships as work lands
Track B · Money Teardowns
Frame.io-style review, manual upload-and-ping for file handoff, photo resizing by hand, Premiere plugins bought piecemeal — and then the production line itself: script, fact-check, scene breakdown, asset routing, 80–90% automatable with a human QC loop. Torn down line by line.
8 September 2026 · Hypothetical · 7 min
Per-seat review platforms, storage overages, and the human middleware between comments, tasks, and files. What a self-hosted review tool costs once — and why owned wins the crossover in month 5.
8 September 2026 · Hypothetical · 4 min
Auto-subtitles, upscalers, asset subscriptions, and the version-breakage tax. What the owned batch pipeline replaces — and the afternoon a broken extension costs you.
8 September 2026 · Hypothetical · 4 min
Site-builder subscriptions, the preset ceiling, the launch weekend nobody invoices, and the add-on upsells. A €229 owned one-pager crosses over in month 7 — then the subscription never comes back.
8 September 2026 · Hypothetical · 4 min
The general math: subscription vs one-off, the crossover month, when owning loses, and the questions to ask before you pay another month for something that could be yours.
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