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Blank Screens Kill Trust. I Had 31 of Them.
I found 31 blank screens in my SaaS—all because I forgot multi-tenancy isn't just about data access, it's about URL context. Here's how Claude Code helped me fix them all in one night.
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I Built Multi-Tenancy on Day 2. On Day 67, I Rebuilt It
I thought adding org_id to every table meant bulletproof multi-tenancy. Then my security audit revealed agencies were writing to SME tables—not through a bug, but by design.
I Knew What Agencies Needed—So I Built Multi-Tenancy on Day 2
After 20 years in agencies, I knew multi-tenant architecture couldn't wait—so on Day 2, with just one working AI agent, I tripled my dev complexity to avoid a future rewrite.
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No. 06AIThe HTTP/HTTPS Debugging Nightmare: A 24-Hour Journey Through Mixed Content Hell
No. 07AI4 Weeks in: Building a 10-Agent Marketing Platform While Taking Naps
No. 08AISafer Deployments for Solo Devs: How I Used AI to Ship (a Feature Flag Story)
No. 09AIFrom 3 Minutes to 500ms: The Signup Bug That Made No Sense
No. 10AIYour AI Ghostwriter is a Bad Idea. Here's How to Use an AI 'Thought Partner' Instead
No. 11AIOne AI Parameter Change Cost Me $54/Month
No. 12AIFrom Advertising to Engineering: Technical Lessons from Building DIALØGUE
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