// the build log

Notes from the workshop.

What I'm building and breaking — 25 years of habits, an indie-hacker journey, and a lot of vibe-coding in the open.

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ENGINEERING 2026-06-12 · 6 min

Why I rebuilt every CoolSoftware site on Astro

Zero JavaScript by default, clean HTML, and Core Web Vitals you don't have to fight for. Here's the migration, what it cost, and what it bought me.

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AI · WORKFLOW 2026-06-03 · 9 min

Vibe coding: when to trust the AI, when to read the diff

Six months of building with an AI pair, and the habits that kept me out of trouble.

PHILOSOPHY 2026-05-24 · 7 min

Building anti-fragile tools: no lock-in, no regrets

Why every product I ship has an export button and a way out.

SAVEPOSTY 2026-05-10 · 7 min

Shipping SavePosty's library view in a weekend

Auto-fetched thumbnails, full-text search, keyboard nav — and what I cut to ship.

JOURNEY 2026-04-22 · 11 min

25 years of writing software, and what finally changed

From enterprise codebases to shipping solo. The mindset shift that took me too long.

© 2026 CoolSoftware · Gabriel le Roux · built with Astro Built lean. Shipped fast. Yours to own.