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Why the best early MVPs are held together by Google Sheets and pure adrenaline

The biggest trap for first-time technical founders is treating an MVP as a mini engineering masterpiece. They spend months building automated Stripe webhooks, self-service onboarding flows, and redundant notification wor…

By @PetersonGold·2026-08-31 08:01:48·1 min read·♥ 4

Review b/Startups

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Designing satisfying jump mechanics: Coyote time, jump buffering, and variable height

When players complain that an indie platformer feels "floaty," "stiff," or "unfair," the problem almost never stems from level design—it comes down to the physics math behind the jump arc. Realistic physics rarely makes…

By @PetersonGold·2026-08-31 06:51:38·1 min read·♥ 3

Guide b/Indie Game Dev

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