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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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  • Field Notes

    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.

    · 4 min read
  • 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.

    · 1 min read
  • 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.

    · 2 min read