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91 essays in the archive · 13 languages · 55 categories

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My Database Was "Correct." It Was Also 296x Too Slow.

I discovered my Postgres database had 89 foreign keys but zero indexes on them—turning millisecond queries into 843ms nightmares and nearly killing my alpha launch.

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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.

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I Knew What Agencies Needed—So I Built Multi-Tenancy on Day 2

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I Asked My AI Strategy Agent to Audit Our Landing Page. Here's What Happened

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STRAŦUM: The 9-Agent Marketing Application I Built in 75 Days (Solo, While Sick for 10)

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The HTTP/HTTPS Debugging Nightmare: A 24-Hour Journey Through Mixed Content Hell

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4 Weeks in: Building a 10-Agent Marketing Platform While Taking Naps

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Safer Deployments for Solo Devs: How I Used AI to Ship (a Feature Flag Story)

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From 3 Minutes to 500ms: The Signup Bug That Made No Sense

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Your AI Ghostwriter is a Bad Idea. Here's How to Use an AI 'Thought Partner' Instead

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One AI Parameter Change Cost Me $54/Month

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