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Essays on engineering, design, the Indian tech scene, and what it actually takes to build software in production. Written by the people doing the work — no AI slop, no growth hacks.
The real cost of building a mobile app in India in 2026
What $15k, $30k, and $60k actually buy you in the Indian market, why the pricing differs from the US, and the three things founders skip before they regret it.
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Why your internal tools probably need a custom dashboard, not another Notion template
Notion templates work until they don't. A field guide to when you should build a custom dashboard, when you should buy, and what a good internal tool actually looks like.
Estimating software projects without lying to clients
Why lowballing is a structural failure, how rootsbit structures fixed-price vs time-and-materials, and the two-week discovery that prevents the most common estimation disaster.
Tailwind v4 + Astro: a pair made for content-heavy sites
What we learned migrating rootsbit to Tailwind v4 with the Vite plugin, OKLCH tokens that respect dark mode, and the three gotchas that almost bit us. Practical guide with code snippets.
The organic UI: why we built rootsbit around warm tones
Why we chose terracotta, forest, and cream over the default AI-blue/purple gradient — and how the warm palette became the metaphor for the whole studio.
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