The Ignyte blog
Writing from the studio.
Essays and notes on building tools for creators, independence from platforms, and making software that lasts.
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Why I left Resend for Plunk
I migrated my email infrastructure off Resend, landed on Plunk, and built an open-source MCP server to close the last gap. Notes on the pricing curve, the open-source piece, and why this is the same story as everything else on this site.
- Building Beacon
The dependency I shipped on purpose
Beacon's Twitch tile depends on a free, unofficial scraper called decapi.me. Here's why I shipped it knowing the dependency could disappear tomorrow.
- Field Notes
Renting my online life
Every time I close a tab on another subscription notification, I notice the pattern. Nothing I've built online actually belongs to me.