https://www.foundreco.com/blog Written from work actually done: what an app really costs, how long an MVP takes, and why AI-built apps break in production. en Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT https://www.foundreco.com/blog/how-much-does-an-ai-feature-cost-to-run https://www.foundreco.com/blog/how-much-does-an-ai-feature-cost-to-run Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT AI Building an AI feature is one cost and running it is another. Here are the token prices Anthropic lists for Sonnet 5.5 and Opus 5.5, and a clearly labeled example of how to turn them into a monthly estimate. https://www.foundreco.com/blog/app-maintenance-cost https://www.foundreco.com/blog/app-maintenance-cost Mon, 28 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Pricing Maintenance is three different bills that usually arrive under one name. One of them is compulsory, one is small, and one is not maintenance at all. Knowing which is which is most of the saving. https://www.foundreco.com/blog/fixed-price-vs-time-and-materials https://www.foundreco.com/blog/fixed-price-vs-time-and-materials Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT Hiring The usual advice says an MVP should be hourly because the scope will move. The scope will move. That is exactly why the founder should not be the one carrying the estimate. https://www.foundreco.com/blog/why-ai-built-apps-break-in-production https://www.foundreco.com/blog/why-ai-built-apps-break-in-production Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Rescue It ran perfectly in the builder preview and fell over the day you shipped it. That is not bad luck, and it is not your fault. Five failures show up again and again, and the preview is designed to hide every one of them. https://www.foundreco.com/blog/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-an-mvp https://www.foundreco.com/blog/how-long-does-it-take-to-build-an-mvp Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Building About 14 days for an MVP, once the scope is locked. The honest part is everything around that number: what has to happen before the clock starts, and the five things that reliably make it slip. https://www.foundreco.com/blog/software-development-contract-clauses https://www.foundreco.com/blog/software-development-contract-clauses Sat, 22 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Hiring Every one of these exists because a founder told me exactly how they had been burned. Read them before you sign with anyone, including me, and ask for the contract before any money moves.