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Notes on doing more with less software.
Essays from the team building ApeiroCraft in Kathmandu — on client work, tool sprawl, and interfaces that disappear.
26 Jul 20268 min read
Is HoneyBook worth it after the 2026 price increase?
Starter went from $19 to $36 — an 89% jump — with Essentials at $59 and Premium at $129. The honest math on when it's still worth paying, when it isn't, and the transaction fee most people forget.
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26 Jul 20267 min read
Flat-rate vs per-seat proposal software: what agencies actually pay
"From $19 a month" is a true statement about a price you'll never pay. The real arithmetic for teams of 3, 5, and 8 — plus the three costs the pricing page hides, and when per-seat genuinely wins.
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26 Jul 20267 min read
Why clients ghost proposals (and the follow-up cadence that fixes it)
Silence is almost never a decision. The four real reasons clients go quiet, what the timing research actually supports, and a five-touch sequence that recovers deals without nagging.
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26 Jul 20266 min read
How to know if a client read your proposal (4 methods)
Asking directly, document analytics, email tracking pixels, and tracked links — with the honest trade-offs of each, why PDFs can't tell you anything, and whether any of this is creepy.
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26 Jul 20268 min read
Are e-signatures on proposals legally binding?
The ESIGN Act, UETA, eIDAS, and the rules in the UK, Australia, India and Canada — what makes a signature valid, what's excluded, and why disputes are really about your evidence.
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17 Jul 20269 min read
The 7 best client management software for freelancers (2026)
An honest ranking of ApeiroCraft, HoneyBook, Dubsado, Bonsai, Moxie, Plutio, and 17hats — real prices, real trade-offs, and who each one is actually for (including who shouldn't pick us).
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14 Jul 20267 min read
You're paying for 10 tools that don't talk to each other
The real cost of tool sprawl isn't the subscriptions — it's that you became the integration. Where the Frankenstack came from, why Zapier isn't the fix, and what one place actually looks like.
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