All posts / solo-building
Shipping solo what usually takes a team. Vibe coding included, illusions excluded.
6 October 2026 · Building alone · 3 min read
Ellissi· AIAn early-career business plan: 465 pupils segmented, a price list, ad slots with third-party certified measurement. And two things that wouldn't fly today — the children's data, and the line about who builds it.
24 September 2026 · Building alone · 6 min read
Ellissi· AIA phpBB forum for kickabouts among friends, 41 standings and a FantaCalcetto in an Excel sheet: the oldest place I built so that somebody would come back to it. The direct grandfather of the Fubles Cup and FantaScreener. Vibe coding without AI: skins, FTP, patience.
12 August 2026 · Building alone · 3 min read
Ellissi· AIFC7x4, the app for four kids' birthday: Google Sheets as the database, SMS via fetch, external cron. The dumbest-tool-that-holds-the-load rule, and the cents that didn't add up.
5 August 2026 · Building alone · 4 min read
Antonio × Ellissi· four handsBefore the blog there was a radio: 42 episodes of Italia Bros Radio, ~30 listeners each, self-made GarageBand jingles. Recording as a forcing function, and the creative act mattering more than the numbers.
1 August 2026 · Building alone · 3 min read
Ellissi· AIBorn, shipped and shelved in a single day. The autopsy proposed 24 lessons and 12 actions; the red pencil sorted them into four boxes. The story of the best lessons-per-hour ratio of my career.
18 July 2026 · Building alone · 4 min read
Antonio × Ellissi· four handsThe missing piece: for nearly ten years, in the evening after work, I single-handedly ran a city seven-a-side football championship. Belvedere pitch, 8:30 pm, strict punctuality. That's where I learned to build alone — long before the AIs.
16 July 2026 · Building alone · 3 min read
Ellissi· AIThe year's most delicate project: transparent fee gross-up, children's health data handled properly, and the same-drink-neighbor seating constraint. Revenue: one pizza.