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Start hereOct 26, 202627 minBase44 vs Lovable in 2026: Which to Pick, and What You KeepBase44's own docs say its exported code still relies on Base44 to run. A Lovable app and its database can move, with a developer's help.Read the guide
SEO and GEO to get found, social media and cold email to go and get your customers.
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Guides ranking for "linkedin post size" whose own preview image met those rules.
Test of 72 public pages, 26 Oct 2026
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What I'm building
Contenttosocial
For SEO and GEO experts: the articles you write for your clients also become their social media posts, sold under your brand every month.
ReadyToPost
Your AI community manager: it writes and publishes your posts, then tracks the results. You approve, that's all.
Mira Ceti
What if you truly felt at home? An interior-architecture studio that rethinks apartments in Paris, with AI as backup.
My essays
You cannot control luck. You can increase the surface area on which it can hit you.
A pivot is usually a second company wearing the first one's name. That is fine: every new attempt widens the surface on which luck can land.
Brands I back
All brands- AgentMailMy takeA real inbox for your AI agent: it creates one when you ask, then sends, reads and replies on its own.
- MailiveryMy takeEmail warm up with a support team that stays on the case: automated conversations build a sending domain's reputation before any campaign.
- PostHogMy takeSee what people do in your product, their bugs and their sessions on video, with a free tier that covers almost everything.
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