Rishab Lodha.
Essays on building & owning systems

I build things — and I write about how they run.

I'm a founder and builder. These essays are the space between starting a company and shipping the software that keeps it alive: from owning your stack to choosing the right tool.

Jaipur, India·Founder & Builder

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Why I chose to own my own stack

We outsource the boring, critical work — hosting, backups, uptime, security — until one bad morning makes us wish we hadn't. Why I went the other way, what it cost, and what it returned.

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Why I chose to own my own stackEssay · 6 min
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Choosing the right tool for the jobGuide · 7 min
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Building teams of software agentsEssay · 5 min
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A founder who builds the systems he depends on.

I've spent my career crossing between building companies and building the software that runs them. Most of how I think shows up in the writing above.

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