NorthernDev

NorthernDev

Senior Engineer. Boring Stack Advocate.

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Building secure SaaS solutions with boring technology. I help startups escape cloud complexity. Currently building Sigilla to cure digital hoarding.

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    AgentAuditThe "Lie Detector" API for RAG & AI Agents
    Dec 2025
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    Joined Product HuntDecember 5th, 2025

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Unpopular opinion: "Read Later" apps should auto-delete your unread links.

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.

NorthernDev

11d ago

Sigilla - The ruthless read-later app. Read it or it gets deleted.

Sigilla uses spaced repetition to manage your reading list. Unread links decay and are eventually deleted to keep your list actionable. Export your highlights as standard Markdown to own your data.
NorthernDev

1mo ago

I built a SaaS starter kit that runs on a $5 VPS because I got tired of the "Vercel Tax"

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.

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