Migration
The Hidden Cost of No-Code: What You Actually Own
When you try to leave a no-code platform, you'll discover you don't own what you think you own. Here's what each platform actually lets you take with you.
Blog
Ideas, lessons, and builds.
Technical articles from the MachineFriendly studio — what we learn while migrating sites, building tools, and shipping products.
Migration
How to Audit Your No-Code Site for Platform Dependency
A practical guide to discovering exactly how dependent your website is on its no-code platform — and what it would take to leave.
Engineering
Local AI in Your Terminal: Ollama + Gemma 4 + ShellGPT
Run Google's Gemma 4 locally with Ollama and wire it into your terminal workflow via ShellGPT — from shell commands to image OCR.
Engineering
Git Security Hooks That Actually Work
How we built pre-commit and pre-push hooks that catch real secrets without drowning in false positives — with per-project allowlists and ANSI-safe filtering.
Engineering
How to Send Emails from Your Web App Using Gmail API
A complete guide to setting up Gmail OAuth2 for sending emails from your admin dashboard — no third-party email service needed.