The archive

Earlier chapters.

York Studio has evolved. These articles and project pages are preserved as a record of earlier work. They may contain dated guidance and do not describe our current services or commitments.

AI search & discovery

Field guide / archived

AI search, AEO, GEO and LLMO: a field guide to the terms

A plain-English map of AI search, AEO, GEO, LLMO, AI SEO, and AI visibility—and where each term is useful.

2026-08-20 · Published
Research protocol / archived

The AI Answer Variability Study

A null-condition study designed to measure how much AI answers move when the world being measured has not deliberately changed.

2026-08-20 · Protocol draft
Method note / archived

Why one AI visibility score is not enough

A useful AI visibility measurement needs its evidence, sample, method, and uncertainty—not just a number that went up.

2026-08-20 · Published

Previous writing

August 6, 2026 / archived

What building 15 apps taught me about shipping software

August 6, 2026 / archived

Pricing your first SaaS: the mistakes solo founders make

August 6, 2026 / archived

Self-hosted vs cloud n8n: the real trade-offs

July 30, 2026 / archived

Validating a SaaS idea before you write code

July 30, 2026 / archived

How long does it really take to reach $10K MRR solo?

July 29, 2026 / archived

Cancellation flows that don't train discount-hunters

July 28, 2026 / archived

Discord vs Whop vs Skool: where paid communities actually retain

July 27, 2026 / archived

Failed payments: the churn you didn't earn

July 25, 2026 / archived

The n8n workflows every solo founder should run

July 24, 2026 / archived

Why paid communities churn 5–10% a month — and the three causes

July 16, 2026 / archived

Distribution for builders who hate marketing

July 8, 2026 / archived

Retention is the growth channel most founders ignore

June 28, 2026 / archived

The portfolio model: how a solo studio runs many bets on one foundation

June 28, 2026 / archived

Automate it or do it manually? The decision rule for solo founders

June 27, 2026 / archived

The solo founder's stack: the tools we use to run a software studio of one

June 20, 2026 / archived

How a solo founder can build like a team with AI and automation

June 13, 2026 / archived

Monitoring n8n workflows in production: uptime, alerts and backups

June 6, 2026 / archived

Video funnels: how creators turn views into an audience they own