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We write where the work happens, on each product's own site. Spaceport covers building and shipping iOS apps. Lighthouse covers validating an idea and finding the first users. Everything below links to the full post.

LIGHTHOUSEAnswering Support When You Are the Whole CompanySupport is the highest-quality research channel a small product has, and the fastest way to burn out if you treat it as an obligation. How to answer, what to automate, and how to say no.READ ON LIGHTHOUSE.BUILD →SPACEPORTSubscription vs One-Time Purchase: Which Model for Your iOS App?Subscription or one-time purchase for your iOS app? A guide to the App Store purchase types, when each monetization model fits, and how to combine them.READ ON SPACEPORT.BUILD →LIGHTHOUSEThe Pricing Page: What to Put On It, and What to Leave OffPicking the number is one problem, presenting it is another. Plan names, the free tier decision, trials and card-up-front, annual billing, and the things founders add that quietly cost them customers.READ ON LIGHTHOUSE.BUILD →SPACEPORTDo You Need App Store Server Notifications? A Guide for Indie AppsApp Store Server Notifications push subscription events to your server. What V2 sends, and whether an indie app on RevenueCat needs its own endpoint.READ ON SPACEPORT.BUILD →LIGHTHOUSEWhy Users Do Not Come Back: Early Retention When You Have Twenty of ThemAt twenty users churn is not a metric, it is twenty stories you can read individually. The most common cause is not a missing feature, it is that the problem does not happen often enough to build a habit around.READ ON LIGHTHOUSE.BUILD →SPACEPORTNo-Code App Builder or SwiftUI Boilerplate: Which for a Paid iOS App?No-code app builder or a SwiftUI boilerplate for a paid iOS app? An honest comparison of speed, native feel, App Store subscriptions, ownership, and cost.READ ON SPACEPORT.BUILD →LIGHTHOUSEThe First Five Minutes: Onboarding When You Have No Onboarding TeamMost onboarding advice assumes a product team and a tooling budget. At ten users the fix is not a guided tour, it is the empty state, one obvious first action, and doing it by hand while you still can.READ ON LIGHTHOUSE.BUILD →SPACEPORTiOS Boilerplate vs Building From Scratch: Which Should You Choose?Should you use an iOS boilerplate or build from scratch? An honest look at what a paid subscription app really involves, and when each approach wins.READ ON SPACEPORT.BUILD →LIGHTHOUSEUsing Directories for SEO: Getting Listed, and Building Your OwnTwo different tactics get called the same thing. Submitting to directories is a small one-off. Running one is a content asset that compounds, and it only works if the pages say something nobody else has.READ ON LIGHTHOUSE.BUILD →

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