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Build log
Notes on shipping Next.js sites with AI tooling — what worked, what didn’t, and the specifics I’d want to read before starting.
- 14 min read
How I ship a production site in 5 days flat
The full playbook — stack, process, AI tooling, gates, indexing, post-launch. The repeatable recipe behind 16 production sites operated by one engineer.
processworkflowAI-assistedNext.jsvelocityfactory - 6 min read
Shipping 3 Next.js sites in under 60 days
The actual weekly cadence, the stack I never changed, and what made the difference between week-1 demo and week-2 launch on every single project.
shippingworkflowNext.jsClaude Code - 7 min read
Claude Code + MCPs: my AI-assisted dev loop
Not the marketing-page version. The MCPs I run, the model routing rules, the Lighthouse gate, and where the human still has to think.
AIClaude CodeMCPworkflow - 5 min read
What I learned leaving RIT to build full-time
The decision, the math, the first two weeks of being on my own, and what I'd tell someone considering the same move.
careerdecisionsshipping