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Why I Rejected "Vibe Coding" and SOC2 Bloat to Build a 38,000 Ticker Engine
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Why I Rejected "Vibe Coding" and SOC2 Bloat to Build a 38,000 Ticker Engine

#architecture #nextjs #typescript #fintech
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Code is Cheap, Accuracy is Luxury: Why I Refused to Use LLMs for a 38,000 Ticker Engine
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Code is Cheap, Accuracy is Luxury: Why I Refused to Use LLMs for a 38,000 Ticker Engine

#architecture #typescript #nextjs #fintech
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Slopsquatting & Remote Prompts: Why I Built a 38,000 Ticker Engine with Zero NPM Dependencies
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Slopsquatting & Remote Prompts: Why I Built a 38,000 Ticker Engine with Zero NPM Dependencies

#nextjs #typescript #security #architecture
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Prompt is Not Runtime: Why I Rejected LLM State-Machines for Deterministic FinTech
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Prompt is Not Runtime: Why I Rejected LLM State-Machines for Deterministic FinTech

#nextjs #typescript #architecture #fintech
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You Can't Bypass an Auth System That Doesn't Exist: Why We Went DB-less for 38k Tickers
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You Can't Bypass an Auth System That Doesn't Exist: Why We Went DB-less for 38k Tickers

#nextjs #security #typescript #architecture
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The AI-Slop Rebellion: Why DuckDuckGo is Up 28% and How to Build a Zero-DB SaaS
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The AI-Slop Rebellion: Why DuckDuckGo is Up 28% and How to Build a Zero-DB SaaS

#nextjs #typescript #architecture #privacy
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LLM Smells, VW Blockades, and the $965B AI Valuation: The HN Technical Digest
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LLM Smells, VW Blockades, and the $965B AI Valuation: The HN Technical Digest

#nextjs #security #typescript #architecture
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SQLite is All You Need? Why I Went DB-less and Rejected AI for a 38k Ticker Engine
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SQLite is All You Need? Why I Went DB-less and Rejected AI for a 38k Ticker Engine

#nextjs #typescript #architecture #fintech
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The Token Tax: Why Uber Capped AI Usage & How We Built a Zero-Cost 38k Ticker Engine
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The Token Tax: Why Uber Capped AI Usage & How We Built a Zero-Cost 38k Ticker Engine

#nextjs #typescript #architecture #security
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Is Datacentre Sovereignty Important? Why I Built a 38,000-Ticker FinTech App with No Database
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Is Datacentre Sovereignty Important? Why I Built a 38,000-Ticker FinTech App with No Database

#nextjs #typescript #architecture #security
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The Security Risk of 'npm install': Why We Built Our UI with Zero Component Libraries
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The Security Risk of 'npm install': Why We Built Our UI with Zero Component Libraries

#nextjs #typescript #security #webdev
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