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  • The Making of Shopify: Tobias Lütke’s Founder Story

    The Making of Shopify: Tobias Lütke’s Founder Story

    Tobias Lütke’s path to Shopify wasn’t quick or clean. It wound through hard choices, thin budgets, and the kind of uncertainty founders live with every day. Before Shopify turned into a major platform, it was Snowdevil, a small online snowboard shop that exposed how hard it was for small merchants to sell on the…

  • Is Framer Hosting Free?

    Is Framer Hosting Free?

    Framer’s free plan lets a site go live on a yoursite.framer.website subdomain with hosting and automatic HTTPS. No certificates or servers to worry about. A free custom domain isn’t included, so upgrading to a paid plan is required, and the domain must be bought from a registrar. This setup suits personal projects or quick…

  • Best Rated Framer Templates of All Time

    Best Rated Framer Templates of All Time

    Founders make a lot of calls every day. A small set of dependable templates saves time and cuts guesswork. A short, vetted list turns launch work from stressful to doable. This review highlights three Framer templates that have proven themselves with real users and thoughtful design. Orbai, Mindly AI, and Grovia stand out for…

  • Jorn van Dijk: The Founder Story Behind Framer

    Jorn van Dijk: The Founder Story Behind Framer

    Framer’s story isn’t about hype or flashy founders. It’s about practical design and engineering choices that solved real problems. It showed up during the wave of new design tools in the 2020s and stayed focused on steady, thoughtful moves that made the product useful. The path wasn’t about quick wins. Framer grew through deliberate…

  • How Balatro’s Founder, LocalThunk, Turned It Into a Viral Indie Hit

    How Balatro’s Founder, LocalThunk, Turned It Into a Viral Indie Hit

    Balatro slipped onto Steam without much noise. A solo developer, LocalThunk, made a poker-flavored deckbuilder that shot up the charts and filled creator feeds fast. It looked simple at first, a single-player roguelike with familiar cards, but the ascent wasn’t random. The core came from sharp design choices, solid timing, and steady iteration. Clear…