SaaS Referral Program with Rewardful | Coding Capybaras
How to add a SaaS referral program with Rewardful to a Next.js app: the tracking script, passing the referral UUID to Stripe, and when to skip affiliates.
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Next.js SaaS Deployment Checklist | Coding Capybaras
A Next.js SaaS deployment checklist for Vercel, Supabase, and Stripe: env vars, RLS, live webhooks, monitoring, and the rollback plan you need before launch.
Read more →Refund Policy for Indie SaaS: What Works, What Backfires
A SaaS refund policy is a support tool, not a legal shield. The economics of refunds vs. disputes, the EU rules that override your terms, and what to write.
Read more →Time-Blocking as a Solo Founder: My Actual Calendar
Solo founder time management, with the real calendar. What time-blocking actually fixes, what it can't, and the schedule I landed on after two that failed.
Read more →PostgreSQL vs SQLite vs MongoDB for Founders | Coding Capybaras
PostgreSQL vs SQLite vs MongoDB for first-time SaaS builders: when each database wins, what it really costs, and the boring default that fits most founders.
Read more →The Week I Almost Gave Up on Coding Capybaras
A non-tech founder's honest account of the week I almost quit Coding Capybaras, what actually broke me, and the small change that got me shipping again.
Read more →Inngest for Background Jobs in Your Next.js SaaS
A step-by-step Inngest tutorial for Next.js: durable background jobs with retries, steps, and cron scheduling — no queues or worker servers to manage.
Read more →AI Pair Programming: How to Treat Claude as a Senior Dev
AI pair programming works best when Claude drives and you navigate. Here's the mental model, the workflow, and the review habits that ship good software.
Read more →AppSumo vs Product Hunt vs BetaList: Launch Channels Compared
AppSumo vs Product Hunt vs BetaList: an honest look at paid and free launch channels for indie SaaS — what each one actually drives, and when to use it.
Read more →SaaS Pricing Pages That Convert: Anatomy of a Winning Page
What makes a SaaS pricing page convert: the anatomy of a winning page, five real teardowns, and the pricing psychology behind three tiers and a middle plan.
Read more →Add a Free Status Page to Your SaaS With BetterStack (2026)
A step-by-step guide to setting up a free SaaS status page with BetterStack: what to monitor, custom domains, and when a solo founder actually needs one.
Read more →Stripe Tax for Indie SaaS: When You Need It (and When You Don't)
A non-tech founder's guide to Stripe Tax: how the 0.5% fee works, what it automates, what it leaves to you, and when a solo SaaS actually needs it.
Read more →From Excel Power User to SaaS Founder | Coding Capybaras
How a non-developer went from living in spreadsheets to shipping a SaaS with AI coding tools — the real learning curve, the mindset shifts, and what mattered.
Read more →How to Read AI Code Output When You Don't Code | Coding Capybaras
A non-coder's guide to reading your AI assistant's output: what to skim, what to scrutinize, and the red flags that matter even if you can't write a line.
Read more →Stripe Customer Portal Setup Done Right | Coding Capybaras
How to add the Stripe customer portal to a Next.js SaaS: Dashboard configuration, the one API route you need, webhook handling, and when to skip it.
Read more →Cold Outreach SaaS Script That Converts | Coding Capybaras
A cold outreach SaaS script for solo founders: the exact email template, follow-up sequence, deliverability setup, and the honest data on reply rates.
Read more →Customer Support Tools for Solo Founders | Coding Capybaras
The SaaS customer support tools worth using as a solo founder: the free stack for launch week, when Crisp or Plain earns its price, and what to automate first.
Read more →MVP Launch: Shipping Before You're Ready | Coding Capybaras
Why the right time for an MVP launch is before your indie SaaS feels ready: what 'ready' actually means, what can wait until after, and how to ship scared.
Read more →Claude Code's Most Underused Features | Coding Capybaras
The Claude Code features tips most non-tech founders never find: plan mode, CLAUDE.md memory, checkpoints, hooks, subagents, and custom slash commands.
Read more →7 SaaS Database Schema Mistakes to Avoid | Coding Capybaras
The SaaS database schema mistakes that surface 12 months in: floats for money, naive timestamps, hard deletes, missing indexes, and how to avoid each one.
Read more →Build in Public as a Non-Tech Founder | Coding Capybaras
Build in public as a non-technical founder: what to share, what to keep private, and the posting cadence that works when you can't tweet clever code.
Read more →Feature Flags with PostHog or GrowthBook | Coding Capybaras
How to add SaaS feature flags with PostHog or GrowthBook in a Next.js app: setup steps, pricing, rollout patterns, and when a simple config table is enough.
Read more →Free Trial vs Freemium vs Paid-Only SaaS | Coding Capybaras
Free trial, freemium, or paid-only? Conversion benchmarks from 200 B2B SaaS products and a decision framework for indie founders picking an acquisition model.
Read more →Stripe Connect Tutorial for Indie SaaS | Coding Capybaras
Stripe Connect tutorial for indie SaaS: pick a charge type, onboard sellers with Express accounts, collect application fees, and survive refunds and disputes.
Read more →Authentication for SaaS in 2026: NextAuth, Clerk, Supabase
A non-tech founder's guide to SaaS authentication in 2026: how NextAuth (Auth.js), Clerk, and Supabase Auth compare on price, DX, lock-in, and scale.
Read more →The Vibe Coding Workflow: Ship Software You Don't Fully Get
A practical vibe coding workflow for non-tech founders: what it is, where it breaks, and the guardrails that keep AI-generated code from wrecking your SaaS.
Read more →Reddit as a SaaS Distribution Channel (Without Getting Banned)
How non-tech founders use Reddit to distribute a SaaS without getting banned: which subreddits work, the 9:1 rule, posting cadence, and what gets you removed.
Read more →Subscription Billing Math: MRR, ARR, Churn, LTV Explained
A plain-English guide to SaaS billing math for non-finance founders: how to calculate MRR, ARR, churn, and LTV, with worked examples and 2026 benchmarks.
Read more →Anthropic Cowork: A Non-Tech Founder's Guide | Coding Capybaras
Cowork is Anthropic's desktop agent for non-coding work. Here's what it is, how it differs from Claude Code, and how a non-tech founder actually uses it.
Read more →Vercel Custom Domain Setup for Your SaaS | Coding Capybaras
How to set up a custom domain on Vercel for your SaaS: DNS records, SSL, www redirects, and free email routing on your domain — a non-tech founder's walkthrough.
Read more →The First-Month SaaS Dashboard: What to Measure
A first-month SaaS dashboard should track activation, retention, and churn — not vanity metrics. Here's exactly what to measure and what to ignore early.
Read more →The Maker's Loneliness: Building a SaaS Solo
Solo founder loneliness is the quiet cost of building a SaaS alone. What the research says, why it hits non-tech founders harder, and what actually helps.
Read more →How to Add Algolia Search to a Next.js + Supabase SaaS
A step-by-step guide to wiring Algolia search into a Next.js and Supabase app — the connector, a Postgres view, the InstantSearch UI, and the AI prompt to build it.
Read more →When to Trust Your AI Coding Assistant (And When to Slow Down)
A non-developer's framework for knowing when to trust AI-generated code and when to stop and ask why — built on task stakes, a verification routine, and smell tests.
Read more →Product Hunt Launch Checklist: 47 Things to Do First
A 47-item Product Hunt launch checklist for non-tech founders — exactly what to prepare across the four weeks before launch day, organized so nothing slips.
Read more →Free SaaS Tech Stack: Launch on $0/Month Infrastructure
A free SaaS tech stack that launches your business on $0/month — the actual free tiers for database, hosting, email, and storage, plus where each one breaks.
Read more →Churn Analysis for Non-Tech Founders: Metrics That Matter
A plain-English guide to SaaS churn metrics: how to calculate customer and revenue churn, the 2026 benchmarks, and which numbers are worth acting on.
Read more →Add OAuth Login (Google, GitHub) with Supabase Auth
A step-by-step Supabase OAuth tutorial for Next.js: the provider setup, the signInWithOAuth call, the callback route, and the redirect-URL gotchas to avoid.
Read more →Common AI Hallucinations in Code (And How to Catch Them)
The eight most common AI code hallucinations — phantom packages, fake API methods, invented columns — why they happen, and how a non-developer catches each one.
Read more →Twitter/X Growth for SaaS Founders: Tactics That Compound
Organic Twitter/X growth tactics for SaaS founders in 2026 — what the algorithm rewards, the link penalty, posting cadence, and a reply strategy that compounds.
Read more →Add Crisp Live Chat to Your SaaS in 2026 | Coding Capybaras
How to add Crisp live chat to a Next.js SaaS landing page on the free tier: the exact setup, what to ask visitors, and when live chat actually helps you grow.
Read more →Shipping a SaaS in 6 Months: What I'd Redo | Coding Capybaras
A non-tech founder's honest accounting of shipping a SaaS in six months: where the time went, the mistakes that cost weeks, and what I'd do differently.
Read more →Customer Onboarding Flows for Indie SaaS | Coding Capybaras
How to design customer onboarding flows for indie SaaS that get users to value fast — the aha moment, real examples, and the mistakes that bore users to death.
Read more →Next.js vs Remix vs Astro vs SvelteKit (2026) | Coding Capybaras
Next.js vs Remix vs Astro vs SvelteKit in 2026 — what changed this year, an honest comparison table, and how a non-tech founder should actually choose.
Read more →SaaS Build vs Buy: Components to Never Build Yourself
A build vs buy framework for SaaS founders: which components to buy (auth, payments, email), which to build, and how to tell them apart fast.
Read more →SEO for SaaS Landing Pages: A Non-Developer's Guide
A practical SaaS landing page SEO guide for non-developers: keyword intent, on-page structure, Core Web Vitals, and internal linking that ranks.
Read more →The 7 Mistakes I Made Learning to Code With AI
The seven learning to code with AI mistakes I made as a non-developer — silent failures, giant diffs, misplaced trust — and the fixes that actually work.
Read more →Cloudinary Next.js Upload Guide: Images in Your SaaS
A Cloudinary Next.js upload walkthrough for founders: signed uploads, the CldUploadWidget, server actions, free-tier limits, and the Claude Code prompt.
Read more →First 100 Customers: Indie SaaS Tactics That Work in 2026
How indie SaaS founders get their first 100 paying customers in 2026 — the channels that work, the ones that don't, and how to pick two channels and go deep.
Read more →Next.js Stripe Tutorial 2026: Payments with Claude Code
A complete Next.js Stripe tutorial for 2026: Checkout, webhooks, the Customer Portal, and testing — written for founders shipping with Claude Code or Cursor.
Read more →Custom Email Sequences in Resend Without Webhook Code
Build custom email sequences in Resend without webhook code: scheduled sends, a cron-driven drip, audiences, and broadcasts — wired into a Next.js SaaS.
Read more →Non-Tech Founder Syndrome: The Imposter Feeling That Stays
Non-tech founder imposter syndrome doesn't end when you ship. What the research says about imposter feelings, and how I run a SaaS without out-running them.
Read more →Resend vs Postmark vs Mailgun for Solo Founders (2026)
Resend vs Postmark vs Mailgun compared for solo founders in 2026 — real pricing, deliverability, developer experience, and which email API fits your stage.
Read more →SaaS Pricing for Non-Tech Founders: A Practical Framework
A SaaS pricing framework for non-tech founders that beats guessing — pricing models, the psychology that works, real examples, and the mistakes to avoid.
Read more →Prompt Engineering for Non-Developers: Patterns That Ship
Prompt engineering for non-developers — the patterns that get working code out of Claude and Cursor, the anti-patterns to drop, and real before/after examples.
Read more →Stripe vs Lemon Squeezy vs Paddle for Indie SaaS (2026)
Stripe vs Lemon Squeezy vs Paddle compared for indie SaaS in 2026 — real fees, the merchant-of-record tax question, and which one fits a solo founder.
Read more →Stripe Webhook Hell: Every Gotcha (and How to Avoid It)
Stripe webhook gotchas explained for indie SaaS founders — signature verification, idempotency, retries, and the dev-vs-prod traps that cause silent revenue bugs.
Read more →Vercel vs Netlify vs Railway: Hosting for Non-Tech Founders
Vercel vs Netlify vs Railway compared for non-technical SaaS founders in 2026 — real pricing, the serverless vs container split, and which host fits you.
Read more →PostHog Next.js Setup: Analytics in One Session (2026)
A founder-friendly PostHog Next.js setup guide — the instrumentation-client install, reverse proxy, what to track for indie SaaS, and the Claude Code prompt.
Read more →Supabase vs Firebase for SaaS Founders (2026 Guide)
Supabase vs Firebase compared for first-time SaaS founders in 2026 — pricing models, database differences, auth, AI-coding fit, and when each one wins.
Read more →Why I Built Coding Capybaras: A Non-Tech Founder Story
The origin story of Coding Capybaras: how a non-tech founder kept bouncing off SaaS boilerplates, and what finally made shipping with AI tools actually work.
Read more →Cursor vs Claude Code vs Cowork in 2026 | Coding Capybaras
Cursor vs Claude Code vs Cowork compared for non-tech founders: workflows, pricing, learning curves, and a decision framework for picking your AI coding tool.
Read more →Lifecycle Email for Indie SaaS: The Sequences That Convert
A full lifecycle email playbook for indie SaaS: welcome, activation, nurture, post-purchase, and re-engagement sequences — with the triggers and timing that work.
Read more →Product Hunt Launch Playbook for Non-Tech Founders
A non-tech founder's Product Hunt launch playbook — timing, pre-launch list, hunter strategy, day-of cadence, and the mistakes I'd skip next time.
Read more →Add Sentry to a Next.js SaaS in 10 Minutes (2026 Guide)
A step-by-step Sentry Next.js setup for indie SaaS founders — the wizard command, the four files it creates, the env vars, and the gotchas to avoid.
Read more →Claude Code for Non-Developers: The 2026 Starter Guide
A non-tech founder's walkthrough of Claude Code in 2026 — install, the first session, the common pitfalls, and the workflow that actually ships software.
Read more →Introducing Coding Capybaras: Ship Your SaaS in a Weekend with AI
A guided SaaS boilerplate built for first-time founders using AI coding tools. Free tier ships the complete codebase. Built dogfood-first — this site is the boilerplate.
Read more →Next.js + Supabase + Stripe + Resend: 2026 Indie SaaS Stack
A non-tech founder's tour of the Next.js + Supabase + Stripe + Resend indie SaaS tech stack in 2026 — what each piece does, what it replaces, and what it costs.
Read more →SaaS Boilerplate Comparison: ShipFast, Makerkit, Supastarter, CC 2026
An honest SaaS boilerplate comparison for 2026: ShipFast, Makerkit, Supastarter, and Coding Capybaras. Pricing, stack, AI-coding fit, and who each one is for.
Read more →How to write blog posts in Coding Capybaras
A quick tutorial covering frontmatter fields, MDX body conventions, and the publish flow. The same mechanism you're reading this post through.
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