Dominik Maglia — ArticlesNotes on building, buying, and running software products.https://dominikmaglia.com/en-usKeeping Software Simple Is the Hard Parthttps://dominikmaglia.com/articles/keeping-software-simple/https://dominikmaglia.com/articles/keeping-software-simple/Most apps don't die from missing features. They drown in the ones nobody asked for.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTproductscraftHow To Validate Your App Idea (For Starters)https://dominikmaglia.com/articles/how-to-validate-your-app-idea/https://dominikmaglia.com/articles/how-to-validate-your-app-idea/How to validate an app idea without over-planning — build it for yourself, talk to real users, scope the market and technical risk, and know when to drop it.Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:00:00 GMTapp businessHow To Build an Apphttps://dominikmaglia.com/articles/how-to-build-an-app/https://dominikmaglia.com/articles/how-to-build-an-app/My nine-step roadmap for solo developers building a simple, sustainable app business — from validating the idea to launch, monetization, marketing, and maintenance.Thu, 04 May 2023 00:00:00 GMTapp businessMy Simple, Productive, and Rewarding To-Do List Routinehttps://dominikmaglia.com/articles/my-productive-and-rewarding-to-do-list-routine/https://dominikmaglia.com/articles/my-productive-and-rewarding-to-do-list-routine/The simple weekly to-do list routine that finally stuck for me — one reusable Apple Notes checklist, planned a day ahead, that also shows what I got done.Wed, 22 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMTproductivityThe Simplest Way to Create Email Templates in Apple Mailhttps://dominikmaglia.com/articles/the-simplest-way-to-create-email-templates-in-apple-mail/https://dominikmaglia.com/articles/the-simplest-way-to-create-email-templates-in-apple-mail/A quick way to manage reusable email templates in Apple Mail — using the Signature feature instead of Drafts, so they're one click away inside the editor.Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 GMTproductivityMission-, Vision-, and Strategy Statements – What They Are and How To Craft Themhttps://dominikmaglia.com/articles/crafting-company-statements/https://dominikmaglia.com/articles/crafting-company-statements/Mission, vision, value, and strategy statements — what each is, why they matter, and how to craft them, drawing on Collins & Porras and Collis & Rukstad.Wed, 04 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMTstrategyGlobal Expansion and the CAGE Distance Frameworkhttps://dominikmaglia.com/articles/cage-distance-framework/https://dominikmaglia.com/articles/cage-distance-framework/The CAGE Distance Framework — Cultural, Administrative, Geographic, and Economic distance — and how to apply it when taking a software product into foreign markets.Sun, 13 Nov 2022 00:00:00 GMTstrategyCompany Valuation: An Overview for Founders and Ownershttps://dominikmaglia.com/articles/company-valuation/https://dominikmaglia.com/articles/company-valuation/An overview of company valuation for founders and owners — revenue and profit multiples, perpetuity value, enterprise and equity value, DCF, and EVA, with the formulas.Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMTvaluationGood Design: A Practical Guide for Small Startupshttps://dominikmaglia.com/articles/user-centered-design-a-practical-guide-for-small-startups/https://dominikmaglia.com/articles/user-centered-design-a-practical-guide-for-small-startups/Practical, low-resource ways a small startup can build products users love — empathy, customer support, and treating product management as everyone's job.Sun, 25 Sep 2022 00:00:00 GMTdesign