Blog

Things I'm building, things I've learned, things I felt like writing down.

• My SEO Strategy as a Solo Developer

  API Alerts has a domain authority of 2.9. My personal site is at 0. Here's what I'm doing about it.

  seoindie-devapi-alertsmarketing April 16, 2026

• Deploying Astro to Firebase Hosting with SEO Done Right

  I've migrated 4 websites to Astro + Firebase in a couple weeks. Here's everything I've learned about the setup, SEO, and deployment.

  astrofirebaseseowebtutorial April 14, 2026

• Rebuilding My Personal Site in 2026

  My personal site has been sitting untouched for 5 years. It was time to do something about that.

  astrowebpersonal April 12, 2026

• I Built a Free Webhook Tester

  I got tired of guessing whether my webhooks were working, so I built a tool to see them in real time.

  api-alertswebhooksdeveloper-tools April 10, 2026

• Why I Made an Email Address for My Cat

  Earl has his own Gmail account. It sounds ridiculous but there's a real reason behind it.

  testingandroidindie-dev April 1, 2026

• I Keep Forgetting About My Long-Running Mobile App Builds

  My Android builds take 15-20 minutes. iOS with Fastlane? 30 minutes. I kept forgetting about them, so I built something to fix that.

  ci-cdmobiledevopsproductivity March 24, 2026

• Why I Keep Getting Apple Review Rejections

  Apple has rejected my apps multiple times over the years. Here's what happened, what I learned, and why I'm weirdly grateful for it.

  iosappleindie-devlessons February 12, 2026

• Hapi - API Health Checks

  I built a tool to check all my APIs at once because I was tired of not knowing which one was broken.

  api-alertsmonitoringdeveloper-tools December 30, 2025

• Why I Built API Alerts

  The origin story of API Alerts. From helping a friend with push notifications to building a full event routing platform.

  api-alertsindie-devsaas December 10, 2025

• The Story of Shadowcat

  I built an app to fix Twitch notifications. It worked, until I hit a wall that I couldn't get around.

  shadowcattwitchindie-devandroidios November 20, 2025

• The App That Nearly Broke Me

  I spent two years building an app that never shipped. Here's what happened with FansLineup.

  indie-devlessonsandroidios October 15, 2025