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June 5, 2025·8 min read·feedalyze
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The Honest feedalyze.net Postmortem: What I Built, What I Got Wrong, and What's Next

feedalyze.net scores customer accounts 0–100 for churn risk using email, survey, and support ticket analysis. Here's what the build taught me about AI product design, and why I'm rethinking the scoring model.

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May 29, 2025·9 min read·briefstock
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How briefstock.ai Generates 8-Section Stock Research Reports in Under 60 Seconds

The architecture behind briefstock.ai — how real P/E, DCF, and FCF calculations run in Python, how AI narration is prompted to sound like an analyst rather than a chatbot, and what breaks under load.

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May 15, 2025·7 min read
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What AI-Generated Code Gets Wrong (And How I Catch It Before It Ships)

AI writes code fast. It also makes specific, repeatable mistakes. After building three live SaaS products with AI assistance, here's my actual review checklist.

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May 8, 2025·8 min read·saasdb
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How I Built saasdb.app in 11 Days Using AI-Assisted Development

A day-by-day build log of how saasdb.app — a public database tracking NRR, Rule of 40, and gross margins for 172+ SaaS companies — went from idea to live product in under two weeks.

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May 29, 2025·6 min read·saasdb

SaaS Gross Margin Benchmarks 2025: What 172 Companies Reveal About Unit Economics

Gross margin benchmarks for public SaaS companies by sector. What's good? What's not? And why gross margin is the foundation of everything else in SaaS.

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May 22, 2025·8 min read·saasdb

The Rule of 40 in 2025: How 172 Public SaaS Companies Actually Score

Rule of 40 benchmarks across public SaaS companies. What the formula means, which sectors lead, and why growth-stage companies should ignore it (until they shouldn't).

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May 22, 2025·6 min read

Why MVPs Should Cost $4,500, Not $40,000

Traditional agencies charge $40K+ for an MVP and take 3 months. Here's the actual cost breakdown of building a production SaaS product in 2 weeks — and why most of that $40K is process, not product.

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May 15, 2025·7 min read·saasdb

NRR Benchmarks for SaaS Companies in 2025: What 172 Public Companies Reveal

Net Revenue Retention benchmarks across 172+ public SaaS companies. What's good NRR? What separates top quartile from median? Data from saasdb.app.

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