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Dakota Wu

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Cap the Cassette Before an AI-Drafted Indie API Leaves the Laptop

Cap the Cassette Before an AI-Drafted Indie API Leaves the Laptop

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A Runtime Host Permit for Vibe-Coded Indie APIs

A Runtime Host Permit for Vibe-Coded Indie APIs

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Fail Closed at Socket Time: A Loopback Probe for Zero-Bill Indie APIs

Fail Closed at Socket Time: A Loopback Probe for Zero-Bill Indie APIs

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Capability Tickets That Keep an AI-Drafted Indie API on Local Adapters

Capability Tickets That Keep an AI-Drafted Indie API on Local Adapters

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Pin the Runtime Imports Before an Agent Adds a Paid Client

Pin the Runtime Imports Before an Agent Adds a Paid Client

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A Degradation Ladder for Solo Backends: Ship This Week, Seal Before You Pay

A Degradation Ladder for Solo Backends: Ship This Week, Seal Before You Pay

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Freeze pyproject.toml Before the Model Opens a Weekend API

Freeze pyproject.toml Before the Model Opens a Weekend API

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A Clean-Room Replay for AI-Shipped Indie Backends

A Clean-Room Replay for AI-Shipped Indie Backends

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An Iteration Cap That Keeps Weekend AI Loops Off the Paid Stack

An Iteration Cap That Keeps Weekend AI Loops Off the Paid Stack

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A Network Tripwire for Zero-Bill Indie MVPs

A Network Tripwire for Zero-Bill Indie MVPs

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A Single-Process Gate for AI-Generated Indie Backends

A Single-Process Gate for AI-Generated Indie Backends

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A Slice Gate That Stops Weekend MVPs From Growing Phantom Features

A Slice Gate That Stops Weekend MVPs From Growing Phantom Features

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A Same-Day Waitlist Slice for AI-Generated MVPs

A Same-Day Waitlist Slice for AI-Generated MVPs

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A Stack Contract That Stops AI Patches From Inventing Cloud Bills

A Stack Contract That Stops AI Patches From Inventing Cloud Bills

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Token Math for AI Coding: When a Free Server Beats Self-Hosting

Token Math for AI Coding: When a Free Server Beats Self-Hosting

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Build a Free AI Code Reviewer on GitHub Actions with MonkeyCode

Build a Free AI Code Reviewer on GitHub Actions with MonkeyCode

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A Token-Budgeted Pipeline for Documenting and Testing a Legacy Repo

A Token-Budgeted Pipeline for Documenting and Testing a Legacy Repo

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AST-Aware Context Pruning: Cut AI Tokens 60-80%

AST-Aware Context Pruning: Cut AI Tokens 60-80%

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A Path Fence for Cheap AI Diffs in a Solo Repo

A Path Fence for Cheap AI Diffs in a Solo Repo

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Cluster Your Error Logs on a Free Server with Free AI Tokens

Cluster Your Error Logs on a Free Server with Free AI Tokens

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Every Prompt Gets a Price Tag: A Budget Clock for Solo Repos

Every Prompt Gets a Price Tag: A Budget Clock for Solo Repos

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Slice the Diff: Run a Token-Saving Review Proxy on a Free Server

Slice the Diff: Run a Token-Saving Review Proxy on a Free Server

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A Free RSS Triage Bot: Let a Free Model Decide What Deserves Your Attention

A Free RSS Triage Bot: Let a Free Model Decide What Deserves Your Attention

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Your AI Reviewer Needs a Baseline: A Zero-Cost Patch Audit Loop

Your AI Reviewer Needs a Baseline: A Zero-Cost Patch Audit Loop

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A Token Ledger for Unfunded Founders: Spending a 10,000,000-Token Free Allowance on Purpose

A Token Ledger for Unfunded Founders: Spending a 10,000,000-Token Free Allowance on Purpose

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A Zero-Budget Overnight Code Review Pipeline for Solo Repos

A Zero-Budget Overnight Code Review Pipeline for Solo Repos

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Score Your Repo Before You Pick an AI Coding Tier: A Weighted Fit Test

Score Your Repo Before You Pick an AI Coding Tier: A Weighted Fit Test

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Free AI Coding Tier or Self-Hosted Stack: A Four-Constraint Decision Framework

Free AI Coding Tier or Self-Hosted Stack: A Four-Constraint Decision Framework

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Free Coding Models Are Good Enough for Some of Your Tasks — Here's How to Find Which Ones

Free Coding Models Are Good Enough for Some of Your Tasks — Here's How to Find Which Ones

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Stop Benchmarking Coding Models on Strangers' Bugs: A Reproducible Harness for Your Own Repo

Stop Benchmarking Coding Models on Strangers' Bugs: A Reproducible Harness for Your Own Repo

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Before Your AI Coding Agent Gets More Tools, Test Where Its Boundaries Actually Are

Before Your AI Coding Agent Gets More Tools, Test Where Its Boundaries Actually Are

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