Historical archive

The work that came before.

Preserved, not promoted. These articles belong to York Studio's previous solo-software-studio direction and no longer represent the editorial focus.

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Solo founder / Engineering

What building 15 apps taught me about shipping software

August 6, 2026 · 10 min

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Pricing / SaaS

Pricing your first SaaS: the mistakes solo founders make

August 6, 2026 · 7 min

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03

n8n / Automation

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

August 6, 2026 · 7 min

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04

Solo founder / Validation

Validating a SaaS idea before you write code

July 30, 2026 · 8 min

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05

Solo founder / SaaS

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

July 30, 2026 · 7 min

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Retention / SaaS

Cancellation flows that don't train discount-hunters

July 29, 2026 · 8 min

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Communities / Whop

Discord vs Whop vs Skool: where paid communities actually retain

July 28, 2026 · 9 min

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Retention / Payments

Failed payments: the churn you didn't earn

July 27, 2026 · 9 min

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09

Automation / n8n

The n8n workflows every solo founder should run

July 25, 2026 · 8 min

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10

Communities / Retention

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

July 24, 2026 · 9 min

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11

Distribution / Solo founder

Distribution for builders who hate marketing

July 16, 2026 · 6 min

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12

Retention / SaaS

Retention is the growth channel most founders ignore

July 8, 2026 · 13 min

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13

Studio / Portfolio

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

June 28, 2026 · 6 min

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14

Automation / Solo founder

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

June 28, 2026 · 5 min

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15

Solo founder / Stack

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

June 27, 2026 · 7 min

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16

Studio / Automation

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

June 20, 2026 · 8 min

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17

Automation / n8n

Monitoring n8n workflows in production: uptime, alerts and backups

June 13, 2026 · 7 min

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Creators / Conversion

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

June 6, 2026 · 7 min

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