What Does Old Stack Mean in Web Development?
Old stack means practical, mature web tools that are easy to host, debug, maintain, and explain to AI coding assistants.
Lars Jansen
Is Contabo Good? My Contabo VPS Review After Six Months
Is Contabo good? My six-month Contabo VPS review covers uptime, value, support expectations, VPS tradeoffs, and who this hosting suits.
SaaS Pre-Shipping Checklist I Run Before Letting Real Users In
A practical SaaS pre-shipping checklist for checking product flow, security, billing, onboarding, jobs, emails, support, and launch-readiness before real users arrive. Also covers using a Markdown guardrails file…
What I Want Old Stack Journal to Be
Practical builders don’t need more hype. They need honest build notes, safer AI habits, useful replies, and people who help them keep going.
Make the Bug Smaller Before You Ask AI to Fix It
Before handing a bug to AI, shrink the problem first. A smaller repro saves tokens, reduces bad fixes, and makes debugging less messy.
Vibe Coding Tips for Non-Programmers
Vibe coding can help non-programmers build useful first versions, but only with small changes, testing, clear prompts, and sensible guardrails.
TextToDeck Is Live, and the First Sales Are In
TextToDeck turns written posts, changelogs, launches, and updates into short vertical video decks, and the first sales are already in.
The Token Tax of New Tech
AI-assisted development adds a new cost to tech choices: how much context, correction, and retrying your stack needs before it works.
TextToDeck: Turning Written Updates Into Short Video Decks
TextToDeck started as a workaround for making Old Stack Journal promo videos with HTML, OBS, and Clipchamp. Now it’s becoming a focused web app for turning written updates…
EVE Profit Routes — Week 4: Adding the Pages That Explain the Tool
Week 4 of EVE Profit Routes adds navigation, About, How-To, and update pages so the app can explain itself, build trust, and feel more complete.