Skaziya: building 0→1 solo with AI

Diary of a product one person takes from discovery to its first listeners — with AI as material, not as the offer.

01

Калькулятор сказал «нерентабельно». Он врал

The first version of a unit-economics calculator said a story needed ~1,280 rubles to break even. The cost wasn't in the product — it was hiding in two cautious defaults.

02

Я построил AI-продукт и спрятал AI

I'm building an AI product solo, and I deliberately made sure the word "AI" never appears in the main user flow. The model is material, not the offer.

03

«Купил — не потеряешь»: моделирование данных как этика

In a live paid product, access to what was paid for was derived from mutable state — a theme change or a deleted profile could have orphaned it. Why "pay once, keep it" has to be a database-schema decision, not on-screen copy.

04

Дизайн-аудит окупился как код-ревью

An accessibility audit of a design system found in production the same things a code review finds: 1.36:1 contrast on an eyebrow, a 38px play button, status conveyed by color alone.

05

175 тестов зелёные, а ребёнок не спит

The cheapest research method for my product Skazia: pay my own bot real money and use it to put a child to sleep. One evening session surfaced 15 findings that passing unit tests never would.