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Securing a Vibe-Coded App
How to check whether an app a coding agent built is safe to keep taking users, and how to decide whether to fix it or rebuild it.
Read articleWhen Does a Vibe-Coded App Need RLS?
What Row Level Security does, which vibe-coded apps need it, how apps built by AI agents end up without it, and how to check the RLS you have.
Read articleHow Much Does It Cost to Build an MVP in 2026
What actually drives the cost to build an MVP in 2026, from projects we have put into production, and where the honest advice is to build less.
Read articleYou're Not Getting the Most Out of LLMs
LLMs are good at some things and bad at others. Getting more out of them comes down to matching the tool to the task and running the model in a setup that can actually do work, not just a chat window that talks.
Read articleFrontier Models vs Local Inference: How to Choose
What frontier models and local inference each offer, the trade-offs in data control, cost, and jurisdiction, and the benchmark numbers the labs report.
Read articleBuild vs Buy: When to Build Software and When to Buy SaaS
AI tools have made building software feel easy, which makes knowing when not to build it more important than ever. A practical way to decide between bespoke software, off-the-shelf SaaS, and a wrapper around an existing tool.
Read articleWhat AI Platforms Do for You: A Founder's Map of the 2026 Ecosystem
A plain map of the AI ecosystem in 2026, from chat assistants to coding agents to work platforms, judged by the three capabilities that decide whether a tool actually helps: a real browser, script execution, and MCP extensibility.
Read articleHow AI Memory Actually Works: Context Windows and RAG
LLMs don't remember you. Every response is a cold start. Understanding context windows, compaction, RAG, and platform memory systems will make you a dramatically better AI user.
Read articleMetaprompts: Share Context Between AI Tools
A metaprompt is a prompt one AI session writes for another. How to carry project context between ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI tools without starting over.
Read articleAI Data Residency: Canadian PIPEDA & Law 25 Rules
What Canadian compliance frameworks require for AI infrastructure: PIPEDA, Quebec's Law 25, the CLOUD Act problem, and the federal data sovereignty push.
Read articleAI Data Residency: UK & EU GDPR and AI Act Guide
What UK and EU rules require for AI infrastructure: GDPR cross-border transfers, the EU AI Act, UK divergence, and when self-hosted inference is needed.
Read articleAI Data Residency: US HIPAA, GLBA & FedRAMP Guide
What US compliance frameworks actually require for AI infrastructure: sector-by-sector breakdown of HIPAA, GLBA, FedRAMP, and the state privacy patchwork.
Read articleAI Data Residency: When Cloud APIs Fall Short
Data residency vs. data sovereignty, the CLOUD Act problem, self-hosted GPU infrastructure, and what it actually takes to keep on-premise AI running.
Read articleIs Your Codebase Holding Your Business Back?
Every new feature takes longer, bugs keep returning, and nobody can explain why. Here's how to tell if your codebase is the bottleneck.
Read article5 Fintech Compliance Mistakes That Cost Startups Millions
These compliance oversights have shut down fintech startups and cost founders millions. Avoid the most expensive regulatory mistakes.
Read articleIntegrating LLMs into Your Next.js App
How to add LLM APIs to a Next.js app: Vercel AI SDK vs LangChain vs direct calls, SSE streaming, cost management, and when you need a Python backend.
Read articleWhy Startups Struggle with Technical Execution
The biggest technical failures don't start with bad code. They start with rushed planning, unrealistic timelines, and poor leadership communication.
Read articleThe Real Challenges of Scaling Next.js
Next.js assumes it runs as a single instance. Multiple replicas break that model in predictable ways. Here's what fails and how to fix it.
Read articleA 15-Point Security Checklist That Startups Often Ignore
Fifteen security checks for startups, from access control and data protection to monitoring and compliance, and why each one gets harder to add the longer you wait.
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