Notes from the studio
Product decisions, technical lessons, and reflections on building software from Latin America. Full transparency about what works and what doesn't — yet.
- Apr 4, 20265 min read
Building in public from Colombia: notes from a solo founder
Three things I learned trying to start a software studio from Colombia, with no team, no investors, no SF network. And why doing it this way is a privilege.
FounderLatamReflexión - Apr 1, 20267 min read
Why Next.js 16 and Tailwind v4 across the entire VantLabs stack
A decision that looks technical but is really about product: why we standardized VantLabs on Next.js 16 + Tailwind v4 + TypeScript, and what it cost us.
StackNext.jsTailwind - Mar 25, 20266 min read
Personal finance without friction: why VantFi
Why build another personal finance app in 2026, what problem VantFi actually solves in Latin America, and why most existing apps fail in this market.
VantFiProductoLatam - Mar 12, 20268 min read
How we're building ReclamaAI: from problem to MVP with legal AI
The story behind VantLabs' first product: why it exists, how we picked the stack, what decisions we made with Claude, and what's left before public beta.
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