Building in public
Process posts and solo founder narratives from building in public.
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- Aug 31, 20266 min read
Build in public: 6 months learning to publish what works and what doesn't
A reflection 6 months after starting to build VantLabs in public. The metrics that matter, the ones that don't, what kind of content generates real responses, and the mistakes I no longer make.
Building in publicVantLabs - Jun 25, 20266 min read
Bootstrapping from Colombia: the cost categories that matter
A map of the real costs of running a software studio from Colombia without external investment: what weighs, what doesn't, and why geography is more of an advantage than people tell you.
Building in publicLatam contextVantLabs - May 7, 20267 min read
Designing for non-power-user audiences in Latin America
When you build a digital product for non-power-user audiences in Latin America, almost every default you learned in Silicon Valley fails. Here are the ones that hurt most.
Latam contextBuilding in publicReclamaAI - Apr 30, 20266 min read
VantFi in sprint 3: what we changed in the MVP after testing with 10 people
Ten real people used the first VantFi prototype for a week. What we learned, what we cut, what we redesigned, and the three bugs nobody saw coming.
Building in publicVantFiFlutter - 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.
Building in publicLatam contextVantLabs - 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.
FintechVantFiBuilding in public - 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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