Notes from the founder7 min read
What I built in 8 weeks as a solo founder, week by week
A week-by-week log of building Linkette alone — the stack choices that compounded, the order of operations, and one thing I'd reverse if I started again.
Atelier · Le journal
Journal.
Long-form notes on building a sovereign SaaS in 2026 — the Mistral choice, the design system, the GDPR shape of things, the honest comparison against every American incumbent.
- design9 min read
The Atelier design system: tokens, typography, and warm dark mode
How Linkette's Atelier design system works — cream paper that isn't white, candlelit dark mode, terracotta in OKLCh, Fraunces optical sizing, and 10 themes from one variable swap.
- infrastructure12 min read
Solo-built a SaaS on EU-only infrastructure in 8 weeks. Here's the postmortem.
Supabase, Mistral, Bunny, Mollie, Brevo, Scaleway, Coolify, GlitchTip — eight weeks, €8/month infra, no AWS, no Stripe, no Vercel. What worked, what didn't.
- Notes from the founder6 min read
Why I'm selling 100 lifetime memberships before I ship the next feature
Nine thousand nine hundred euros, one hundred seats, no venture capital. The arithmetic behind Linkette's Founding Member tier — and what it buys.
- compliance9 min read
GDPR for a creator SaaS: the actual checklist
The GDPR + EU AI Act + RFC 8058 checklist I implemented for a creator SaaS, with the actual code, the actual articles, and the IP-hash analytics that need no cookie banner.
- comparisons5 min read
Linkette vs Beacons: a design-conscious European alternative (2026)
Beacons is the most design-aware US link-in-bio, backed by a16z with $60M Series A. Linkette is its European cousin — Mistral AI, Paris data, editorial typography.
- comparisons5 min read
Linkette vs Bento: where to go now that Bento is shutting down (Feb 2026)
Bento.me shuts down February 13, 2026 — pages redirect to Linktree, data is deleted. Linkette is the design-first European destination for the migration.
- comparisons5 min read
Linkette vs Bio.link: minimalism vs editorial design, US vs EU (2026)
Bio.link is fast, plain, and US-hosted. Linkette is editorial, Mistral-powered, and Paris-hosted. A clear-eyed comparison for creators who care about both.
- comparisons5 min read
Linkette vs Linktree: the honest European alternative comparison (2026)
Linktree has 60M+ users and a $1.3B valuation. Linkette has Paris-hosted data, Mistral AI, and editorial design. Here is when each one is the right answer.
- comparisons6 min read
Linkette vs Stan.store: different lanes, but EU creators ask (2026)
Stan is a $35M ARR creator commerce platform. Linkette is an EU-sovereign design-first link-in-bio. They are not the same product — here is how to choose.
- Sovereignty8 min read
What 'made in France' actually means for a SaaS in 2026
Three levels of French — the cheap version, the medium version, and the one Linkette ships. With the SIRET number, the sub-processors, and the gaps we still have.
- engineering7 min read
Tailwind v4: the gotchas no one's warning about
Eight weeks shipping a real app on Tailwind v4 — the silent <alpha-value> footgun, @theme inline vs @theme, color-mix in oklab, @source pragmas, and the font dance.
- Sovereignty8 min read
How the EU AI Act changes what creator SaaS can look like
Article 50 transparency, Article 27 risk assessments, opt-out for AI features. What the AI Act asks of a creator platform — and what Linkette ships in response.
- Engineering7 min read
Cookie-free analytics, designed not retrofitted
Every link-in-bio competitor ships a cookie banner on the public page. Linkette never wrote a cookie — and the analytics still work. Here's how, exactly.
- engineering8 min read
Why I built a consumer SaaS on Mistral instead of OpenAI in 2026
8 weeks, one founder, one model provider — and it's not OpenAI. The cost, latency, and sovereignty math behind Linkette's all-Mistral stack.