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Aryan Choudhary1d ago • 4 min read
I Thought Coding Was The Job
Two years ago, when I got my first freelance client, I was still in my final semester of college. A...
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Adithyan G1d ago • 4 min read
I Found a Free Domain Platform Built by an 18-Year-Old — and It Actually Works
For most developers, buying a domain is treated as a normal part of building something online. But....
#freedomain#webdev#freelance#sideprojects
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Flo2d ago • 2 min read
Building calculatefreelance: A lightweight Next.js utility for the 1099 economy
Hey everyone, Like many independent developers here, I spent the last few weeks navigating the...
#nextjs#webdev#opensource#freelance
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Jesus David Gomez Correa2d ago • 3 min read
Today we are launching on Product Hunt! I built FreeLedger to end the freelance finance nightmare
Hello community! Today is a big day for me. After a lot of hard work, backend bugs, and polishing.....
#freelance#productivity#showdev#sideprojects
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Brennan O'Halloran1d ago • 3 min read
Freelance Web Developer Pricing Guide: How to Set Rates That Reflect Your Value
Learn how to price your freelance web development work competitively while maximizing income and att...
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Roy Sukro2d ago • 5 min read
How to Deal With a Client Who Won't Pay — A Freelancer's Guide
The invoice is overdue. You've sent a reminder. Then another. The client has gone quiet, or worse —....
#freelance#career#webdev#beginners
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Max Petrov4d ago • 4 min read
How to Track Billable Hours as a Freelancer
A step-by-step guide to logging billable time, separating it from non-billable work, and building a ...
#freelance#productivity#timemanagement#billing
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Aldrid CN.6d ago • 2 min read
I Built FreelancEye, an Open-Source Mobile PWA for Finding Clients
I built FreelancEye, an open-source mobile PWA for developers and freelancers who want to find real....
#webdev#pwa#freelance#opensource
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Le Le4d ago • 1 min read
I Built a 1099 Tax Calculator That Does Not Ask for Your Email
published: false description: A privacy-first alternative to TurboTax for freelancers who just want...
#freelance#privacy#showdev#webdev
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Nuno6d ago • 3 min read
Why most freelancers undercharge (and the maths behind fixing it)
Most freelancers set their rate by looking at what others charge and picking something nearby. This....
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Nayan Kyada5d ago • 4 min read
What a real Sanity CMS development services proposal looks like
A breakdown of a real Sanity CMS development services proposal — milestones, payment terms, staging ...
#sanitycms#clientfacing#freelance#headlesscms
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Stephen Sebastian2d ago • 2 min read
Why I’m Building a Privacy-First SOW Analyzer to Kill Scope Creep (Launching Next Month)
If you run a freelance dev business or a small agency, you already know the silent margin-killer:...
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Chris Lee4d ago • 1 min read
When APIs Lie: A Lesson in Defensive Debugging
Last week, I spent six hours chasing a ghost in our payment gateway integration. The API returned a....
#programming#freelance#webdev
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Alfred P6d ago • 2 min read
The Client Onboarding Checklist That Prevents 90% of Project Problems
Most freelance project problems are visible before the project starts. The wrong clients, unclear.....
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Malik4d ago • 0 min read
Hiring a freelance marketing manager for Colour — open source post-quantum security suite for devs. Remote, flexible, negotiable pay. DM or email buildwithcolours@gmail.com
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Asim7865211d ago • 2 min read
What I’m Learning While Transitioning From Software Engineering to Freelancing
After nearly 3 years of experience as a software engineer, I recently started preparing seriously fo...
#freelance#career#webdev#ai
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Max Petrov6d ago • 4 min read
Best Productivity Tools for Freelancers in 2026
A curated list of tools that actually move the needle for solo freelancers — task management, time t...
#productivity#freelance#tools#timetracking
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Chris Lee2d ago • 1 min read
TIL – One Simple Pattern for Scalable Web Apps
Building scalable web applications often feels like juggling many moving parts. The most effective.....
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Chris Lee1d ago • 1 min read
The API Integration Trap: Why Over‑Engineering Architecture Is Killing Your Product
In the rush to appear “modern,” teams slap together a spaghetti of micro‑services, gateways, and...
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Chris Lee6d ago • 1 min read
Stop Over-Engineering Your Microservices Before You Have Users
I see it all the time: developers jumping straight into a complex microservices architecture for a.....
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speed engineer2d ago • 2 min read
I lost $480 to my own timesheet — here is the math
The week I shipped a 40-hour feature and billed 32 Last March I closed out a sprint for an...
#freelance#productivity#saas#webdev
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ashiq2d ago • 2 min read
I Built a Free NDA Generator After Realizing Most NDA Templates Are Useless
A client once asked me to “just send over an NDA before the call.” Simple request. Except I didn’t...
#freelance#productivity#startup#saas
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ashiq4d ago • 2 min read
Invoicing Australian clients as a freelancer is weirdly complicated so I built something to fix it
First time I had to invoice an Australian client I had no idea where to start. Do I need to include....
#freelance#webdev#indiehackers#productivity
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ashiq4d ago • 2 min read
Why does every free invoice generator for US freelancers have a catch?
I've been freelancing on the side for a couple of years. Mostly US clients. And every single time I....
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