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Why Developers Should Track Nutrition Like They Track Bugs
Dev.to · Henry Godnick 2w ago
Why Developers Should Track Nutrition Like They Track Bugs
We obsess over code quality. We lint, test, profile, benchmark. We track every API call, every query...
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The Real Cost of Free-Tier AI APIs (And How to Know When to Upgrade)
Dev.to · Henry Godnick 2w ago
The Real Cost of Free-Tier AI APIs (And How to Know When to Upgrade)
Free tiers are a trap. Not because they're bad — they're great for prototyping. But the moment you...
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How I Handle Feature Requests When I'm the Only Developer
Dev.to · Henry Godnick 2w ago
How I Handle Feature Requests When I'm the Only Developer
When you're a solo dev shipping multiple products, feature requests hit different. There's no PM to...
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I Let AI Handle My Weakest Skills — What Changed After 90 Days
Dev.to · Henry Godnick 2w ago
I Let AI Handle My Weakest Skills — What Changed After 90 Days
I'm a decent programmer. I can ship features, squash bugs, and architect systems that don't fall...
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I Dogfood Everything I Build — Here's Why It Makes Better Products
Dev.to · Henry Godnick 2w ago
I Dogfood Everything I Build — Here's Why It Makes Better Products
There's an old saying in tech: "eat your own dog food." It means you should use the products you...
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I Track My LLM Spending Like I Track My Calories — Here's Why Both Habits Stick
Dev.to · Henry Godnick 2w ago
I Track My LLM Spending Like I Track My Calories — Here's Why Both Habits Stick
There's a weird parallel between two habits I picked up over the past year: tracking my LLM token...
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I Replaced 3 SaaS Subscriptions With Tools I Built Myself
Dev.to · Henry Godnick 2w ago
I Replaced 3 SaaS Subscriptions With Tools I Built Myself
Last year I sat down and added up what I was paying monthly for developer productivity tools. The...
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The Menu Bar Is the Most Underrated Real Estate for Developer Tools
Dev.to · Henry Godnick 2w ago
The Menu Bar Is the Most Underrated Real Estate for Developer Tools
Every macOS developer has roughly 24 pixels of vertical space sitting at the top of their screen,...
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Everything I Got Wrong Building in Public as a Solo Dev
Dev.to · Henry Godnick 2w ago
Everything I Got Wrong Building in Public as a Solo Dev
Six months ago I decided to build in public. I'd share my progress, my numbers, my failures — the...
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Why I Build Native macOS Apps Instead of Electron — A Solo Dev's Honest Take
Dev.to · Henry Godnick 2w ago
Why I Build Native macOS Apps Instead of Electron — A Solo Dev's Honest Take
Every time I mention I build native macOS apps, someone asks: "Why not just use Electron?" Fair...
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My Solo Dev Marketing Stack: What Actually Gets Downloads
Dev.to · Henry Godnick 2w ago
My Solo Dev Marketing Stack: What Actually Gets Downloads
I've been building and shipping Mac and iOS apps as a solo developer for a while now. The hardest...
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I Shipped 3 Apps Simultaneously as a Solo Dev — Here's What Actually Worked
Dev.to · Henry Godnick 2w ago
I Shipped 3 Apps Simultaneously as a Solo Dev — Here's What Actually Worked
Everyone says focus on one thing. I ignored that advice and shipped three macOS/iOS apps at the same...
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Why I Chose Lifetime Pricing for My Dev Tools (And Would Do It Again)
Dev.to · Henry Godnick 2w ago
Why I Chose Lifetime Pricing for My Dev Tools (And Would Do It Again)
Every pricing thread on Indie Hackers eventually devolves into the same debate: subscriptions vs....
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Stop Burning Money on LLM APIs — Track Your Token Usage in Real Time
Dev.to · Henry Godnick 2w ago
Stop Burning Money on LLM APIs — Track Your Token Usage in Real Time
If you're building with LLMs in 2026, you already know the pain: API costs creep up silently. You...
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Stop Guessing Your LLM Costs: Track Every Token in Real Time
Dev.to · Henry Godnick 2w ago
Stop Guessing Your LLM Costs: Track Every Token in Real Time
If you're building with LLMs in 2026, you already know the pain: API costs creep up silently. You...
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Stop Guessing Your LLM Costs: Track Every Token in Real Time
Dev.to · Henry Godnick 2w ago
Stop Guessing Your LLM Costs: Track Every Token in Real Time
If you're building with LLMs, you already know the pain: you're deep in a coding session, firing off...
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Stop Guessing Your LLM Costs: How I Track Every Token in Real Time
Dev.to · Henry Godnick 2w ago
Stop Guessing Your LLM Costs: How I Track Every Token in Real Time
If you're building with LLMs in 2026, you already know the pain: you're deep in a coding session,...
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I Tracked Every Token I Spent on LLM APIs for a Month — Here's What I Learned
Dev.to · Henry Godnick 2w ago
I Tracked Every Token I Spent on LLM APIs for a Month — Here's What I Learned
If you're building with LLM APIs — OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, whatever — you're probably hemorrhaging...
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