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- 01Internal Tool ROI: When Does Building In-House Pay Off?
A practical ROI framework for evaluating whether a custom internal tool justifies its build and maintenance cost compared to buying an existing solution.
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- 02When Should a Non-Technical Founder Build vs. Hire?
A decision framework for non-technical founders: when AI builders are sufficient, when you need developer support, and when hiring before building is the right call.
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- 03Should You Deploy to Vercel or Cloudflare Pages?
A practical framework for choosing between Vercel and Cloudflare Pages based on your app’s architecture, commercial use, and control preferences.
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- 04Which Supabase Key Goes Where? (A Decision Tree for Founders)
A clear decision tree for which of Supabase’s API keys to use in each part of your application, and why the wrong choice exposes your entire database.
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- 05Build vs. Buy: The Honest Framework for Business Owners
A structured decision framework for evaluating whether to build a custom app, buy existing software, or take a hybrid approach — with honest accounting of hidden costs on both sides.
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- 06Vite’s `VITE_` Prefix Is Not Optional — It’s Your Only Client-Side Secret Boundary
In a Vite app, any environment variable without the `VITE_` prefix is invisible to the browser. Any variable with it is visible to every user. This is the entire secret management boundary.
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