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The Quality Tax: AI MVPs Cost More to Fix
Agencies pitch AI-built MVPs as faster and cheaper. The 2026 data says fixing them costs 2-3x what you saved. Here is the real founder math, with sources.
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9 Seconds: An AI Agent Wiped a Live SaaS
On April 25, 2026, an AI coding agent at PocketOS deleted the production database and its on-volume backups in 9 seconds. Here's what your dev shop should learn.
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5 Questions Before Hiring a Dev Shop
Most founders ask 'what's your rate?' first. Here are the 5 questions that predict whether a dev shop will deliver - or disappear with your code.
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Rails 8.1: Subscribe to Events, Skip Logs
Rails 8.1 replaces log parsing with structured events. Wire ActiveSupport::Notifications to Datadog, New Relic, or Prometheus - no regex required.
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47 Startups Failed the Same Way
An Inc.com audit found 91% of failed startups had no tests, 68% had security holes. The 25-month decay timeline that predicts your codebase's fate.
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8 Red Flags You Hired the Wrong Dev Shop
The worst dev shops don't miss deadlines - they miss them quietly. Eight warning signs your agency is hiding bad code, and what to do about it.
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Founder's Guide to Hiring a Dev Shop in 2026
Field guide for non-technical founders hiring development agencies. Red flags, evaluation frameworks, contract templates, and what to do when it goes wrong.
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Vibe Coding Crisis: Why AI Code Breaks
Vibe-coded code looks fine until you try to change it. Five signals that tell you whether your codebase will survive its first year of paying customers.
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Active Job Continuations in Rails 8.1
Rails 8.1's ActiveJob::Continuable resumes long jobs from their last completed step. How to wire it in, when not to, why Kamal deploys stop losing work.
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Solid Trifecta: When to Keep Redis in Rails 8
Rails 8 defaults to Solid Cache, Solid Queue, and Solid Cable. Most apps don't need Redis anymore. Some still do. Here's how we decide which workloads stay.
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