# rikuq.com

> The practitioner's blog for solo founders shipping real AI SaaS. First-person notes from Ravi — builder of Prism (Ssimplifi), Citare, and BatchWise — on AI coding tools, LLM infrastructure, GEO, and stack choices.

Author: Ravi — solo founder shipping three production AI SaaS from India.

Products by the same author:
- Prism (Ssimplifi): https://ssimplifi.com — OpenAI-compatible AI gateway with measured savings, three-layer caching, multi-provider routing, and Cloudflare edge replication.
- Citare: https://citare.ai — unified SEO + AI-search visibility tracking ChatGPT, Google AI Overview, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity.
- BatchWise: https://batchwise.ai — compliance marketplace for Indian SMEs and SEBI-listed enterprise.

## Content pillars

- [AI Coding Tools](https://rikuq.com/blog/tools): Reviews and comparisons of Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, Antigravity, Copilot, Replit, Bolt, v0, Lovable.
- [LLM Infrastructure & FinOps](https://rikuq.com/blog/infra): AI gateways (Portkey, Helicone, LiteLLM, OpenRouter, Cloudflare AI Gateway, Prism), response caching, model routing, observability, governance.
- [GEO](https://rikuq.com/blog/geo): Generative Engine Optimization — how ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overview index and cite content.
- [Stack & Ops](https://rikuq.com/blog/stack): Supabase, Vercel, Cloudflare Workers + KV, Redis, Upstash, Oracle Cloud, AWS.

## Free tools

- [AI coding tool picker](https://rikuq.com/tools/picker)
- [AI API cost calculator](https://rikuq.com/tools/api-cost-calculator)
- [Stack picker](https://rikuq.com/tools/stack-picker)

## Case studies

- [How I built Prism](https://rikuq.com/case-studies/prism)
- [How I built Citare](https://rikuq.com/case-studies/citare)
- [How I built BatchWise](https://rikuq.com/case-studies/batchwise)

## Editorial principles

- First-person practitioner voice. Real screenshots, real prompts, real costs.
- Honest comparisons. Affiliate and product disclosures stated upfront.
- Content recommending the actual best tool for the use case — even when that's not the author's own product.
- Last-updated dates visible on every post.

For the long-form index of all content with descriptions, see /llms-full.txt.