The Story Log

What broke, how we fixed it, and the single principle I learned that day.

The Real Cost of a Shortcut: Why I Fired My Deployment Hack

30-09-20245

As the CTO of my project, I detail the exact moment I chose architectural integrity over deployment speed. I recount hitting a critical Next.js asset collision while trying to host two apps under one path (/blog) and the difficult decision to abandon the fragile absolute URL hack. This post breaks down the technical debt created by quick fixes and explains the single principle that drove my pivot to a robust, scalable system: True velocity is achieved by eliminating future work. A must-read for founders dealing with micro-services and framework friction.

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SSG - The Only Rendering Strategy for V1

2025-09-30

A quick look at why we immediately locked into Static Site Generation (SSG)—it's not complicated, it's just the superior financial and architectural choice for a V1.

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