<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Peter Bartfai</title><description>Decisions, numbers, and the occasional mistake from building software products — plus the guides that do not change.</description><link>https://peterbartfai.com</link><language>en</language><item><title>What actually counts as validation</title><link>https://peterbartfai.com/guides/what-counts-as-validation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://peterbartfai.com/guides/what-counts-as-validation</guid><description>Sign-ups aren&apos;t proof and interest isn&apos;t proof. Here&apos;s the test I use now, and what it looked like when I applied it to my own product.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Guides</category><category>validation</category><category>solo builder</category><category>product strategy</category></item><item><title>Why AI shouldn&apos;t build your software in one go</title><link>https://peterbartfai.com/guides/why-ai-shouldnt-build-your-software-in-one-go</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://peterbartfai.com/guides/why-ai-shouldnt-build-your-software-in-one-go</guid><description>Your 20-page document will fit, and the AI will build something. The problem is everything it decides for you along the way, and what that costs you later.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Guides</category><category>planning</category><category>ai</category><category>workflow</category><category>solo builder</category></item><item><title>Sell it before you build it: a 5-step validation blueprint</title><link>https://peterbartfai.com/guides/five-step-validation-blueprint</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://peterbartfai.com/guides/five-step-validation-blueprint</guid><description>How to get from one real problem to 10 paying customers without writing a product. Written for people building software for other businesses.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Guides</category><category>validation</category><category>b2b</category><category>solo builder</category><category>product strategy</category></item></channel></rss>