The Build Brief
Issue #3September 15, 2026

The "software suite"

This one is kind of a bet tbh, but I really like it! It would suit anyone who struggle to focus on one specific project, and like building a lot of things.

The concept is to build a few REALLY simple applications (one-two features max), with the same philisophy, the same design system, and ideally open source. All those applications would be under one subscription: you pay a few $ per month and you have access to all of them. Most people won't use them all, so they would still be profitable for you.

A few examples of apps: journaling, pomodoro, todolist, notes, tokens counter, screenshot beautifier etc.

This whole idea wasn't possible a few years ago, because it required too many many developers for a pricing that's too low to support more than 1 person IMO. But now it's possible and its strength is that each application in your suite creates more opportunities, and they can all promote each other.

This idea would also be doable for a specific ecosystem. Example: https://buddieshr.com/, 2 man (living in my city btw) who are making $40K MRR with a suite of tiny slack applications, bundled under one subscription (B2B though).