We built the platform we wanted to use
We wanted publishing, selling and customer work to make sense together. Here is the idea behind Stackmodo, why the business should keep its own brand and when a smaller setup is enough.
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How we designed Stackmodo's interface rules
Why marketing, admin and client storefronts need different design rules, how semantic tokens keep those rules consistent, and why an empty or denied screen needs as much care as a populated one.
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How to use AI for blog content without publishing slop
Start with a reader question and a useful contribution, then keep sources, factual checks, explanatory images and prose editing separate.
By Simon
AI agent skills versus prompts: what belongs in a reusable workflow
A skill should preserve a useful method, not yesterday's task details. Use this release-readiness specification to define inputs, evidence and stop conditions.
By Simon
How I use AI to build without handing over the decisions
Hermes handles research, coordination and review; Codex is my default for coding. The important part is a bounded brief and evidence that the result works.
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A failed renewal needs a billing decision before a retention campaign
Coordinate failed-renewal diagnosis, payment updates, access rules and support without treating every unpaid invoice as a cancellation.
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Measure how content contributes to sales without inventing attribution
Build a small event dictionary and privacy-aware reporting plan that shows observed content contribution without pretending association proves causation.
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Moving paid members without duplicate charges or lost access
A paid-member migration runbook that separates identity, billing and access, then tests exceptions before any live cutover.
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"Own your audience" is not an export specification
Test whether customer, content, purchase and permission records remain usable after an export, with an acceptance sheet for platform buyers.
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All-in-one platform or separate tools? Audit the operating cost first
Audit the work behind your software bill before consolidating. Compare real support workflows, retained specialist tools, staff capacity, switching costs and a tested exit route.
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Selling memberships with physical products: set the rules before checkout
A welcome kit, a recurring shipment and paid video access need different rules. Follow a hypothetical member through purchase, renewal, a return and cancellation before launch.
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AI crawler controls are not one switch
Google-Extended, Googlebot and AI-service bots govern different uses. Map training, search and user-triggered retrieval before changing crawler rules.
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