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Low Code Cookbook

Smart tools for founders who ship

Editorial picks, honest tradeoffs, and a searchable cookbook—without the hype.

Stephan's current tech obsession

Arcade

From prototype to production without losing your mind—Arcade is what we're digging into right now for turning AI-assisted builds into something you can actually run and grow.

Arcade homepage hero: Your product story, built by AI in minutes—on-brand demos and visuals without designers or agencies.

Three things Steven absolutely loves

  1. An absolutely simple, cool logo—the little button icon lines up perfectly with the theme of Arcade software.
  2. The onboarding process for this app is absolutely off the hook, and their designer needs to be given an Emmy.
  3. It's so easy to integrate into existing software that we're folding this into the Fractional Tools help section and taking out our Loom video so clients get interactive walkthroughs instead of a passive recording.
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Reviews & longtime favorites

Short notebook entries on tools that survived the hype—past reviews and products that still get real desk time.

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