NorthernDev

We have all been there. You find an interesting article, save it to Pocket or Notion, and feel productive. You tell yourself you will read it "this weekend."

Two years later, you have a backlog of 2,000 links you will never open.

I believe this digital hoarding is actually harmful. It creates a "debt" of unconsumed content that stresses us out.

I am experimenting with a concept: Data Decay.

Most SaaS boilerplates today have a hidden flaw: They lock you into a stack of expensive managed services.

Between Vercel Pro ($20/mo), a managed database like Supabase ($25/mo), and an auth provider like Clerk, you are looking at a recurring burn rate of over $50/month before you have acquired a single paying customer.

For a bootstrapped founder, that kills your runway. It forces you to monetize immediately or shut down.

I decided to engineer a way out of this trap.