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Field notes from the repositories we work in. Each one comes out of a commit.

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Leaving Lovable

Export Lovable Code to GitHub (What You Get, 2026)

How exporting code from Lovable actually works, what you get, the production gaps it leaves, and when to migrate to Next.js.

Ralph Duin · · 4 min

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ai agent orchestration

AI Agent Orchestration in Practice: One Operator, 52 PRs, 11 Repos in a Day

A field report on AI agent orchestration in practice: how one operator directed AI coding agents across 52 pull requests and 10+ repositories in a single day — the operating model, the honest evidence, and how to evaluate it.

Ralph Duin · · 14 min

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Owning the technology

The 90-Day AI Strategy Roadmap Template We Hand Founders

The AI roadmap we hand founders is not a slide deck. It is a 90-day operating plan with deliverables, ship gates, owners, and evidence.

Ralph Duin · · 8 min

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AI consulting

Hiring an AI Consultant: The 11 Questions That Filter Out the Slop

A blunt buyer's filter for hiring an AI consultant: where the money goes, what real implementation looks like, and which answers expose vapor.

Ralph Duin · · 8 min

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Leaving Lovable

Lovable Project Stuck? The Decision Tree That Saves Weeks

Lovable project stalled mid-build? Four corners of the rescue-vs-migrate-vs-rebuild matrix, with the actual time-and-money cost of each path. From 100+ projects.

Ralph Duin · · 9 min

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Leaving Lovable

Your Lovable App Isn't Ranking on Google. Here's the 5-Cause Fix.

Your Lovable app isn't on Google? Five root causes, ranked. SPA rendering, missing per-route metadata, sitemap gaps, cache config, and how to fix each one.

Ralph Duin · · 8 min

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Leaving Lovable

Lovable vs Replit: Honest 2026 Comparison

Lovable vs Replit in 2026: output quality, pricing, use-case fits, and which one ships production faster. Honest take from shipping with both.

Ralph Duin · · 9 min

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Running agents

AI Agent Fleet Economics: What 55 PRs/Day Actually Costs

What does an AI coding agent fleet actually cost? A field report from a one-operator AI studio running high-volume PR throughput.

Ralph Duin · · 15 min

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Running agents

MCP Servers in Production: A Benchmark of What Survives Real Traffic

A field report on production MCP servers: how we benchmarked latency, schema failures, auth, cost, sandbox safety, and what survived real traffic.

Ralph Duin · · 20 min

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Working in Cursor

Cursor IDE: AI Code Editor, Setup, Pricing, and VS Code

Cursor IDE is an AI code editor built on VS Code. Compare its features, setup, pricing, and tradeoffs before using it for daily development.

IBF Editorial · · 15 min

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Working in Cursor

Best Vibe Coding Tools in 2026 (What Practitioners Actually Use)

The best vibe coding tools in 2026 organized by project stage: UI prototypes, existing codebases, planning, zero-friction experiments, and deployment.

IBF Editorial · · 11 min

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Working in Cursor

Cursor vs Windsurf: Which AI Coding Tool Should You Use?

Cursor vs Windsurf is not a permanent identity choice. The honest breakdown: Cursor for existing codebases, Windsurf for greenfield builds. Here is why.

IBF Editorial · · 12 min

The contract

The contract these are written under. 137 lines, public.

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The record

We don't take meetings. He does.

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