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HustleStats Launch Sprint: From Firebase Auth to Production SaaS with Stripe Billing in One Day

33 commits across 4 phases: Prisma removal, Stripe pricing with 4 tiers, workspace guards with RBAC, and global paywall enforcement with plan-limit warnings. From authenticated app to production SaaS in a single day.

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HustleStats Firebase Auth Cutover: 7 Dashboard Pages, 3-Layer Defense, Zero Prisma

Cutting over 7 dashboard pages from NextAuth/Prisma to Firebase Auth with a 3-layer defense: edge middleware, layout verification, and page-level guards. 17 commits, 1,402 files touched, zero NextAuth deps remaining.

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Perception Agent System: Zero to MCP Server and Dashboard in One Day

Building an 8-agent news intelligence platform from zero to working MCP server and React dashboard in a single day. 13,881 lines of initial scaffold, FastAPI MCP service, Firestore integration, and GitHub Actions CI.

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HustleStats Firebase Migration Days 2-7: Schema, Auth Swap, Data Port, and the Cost Cliff

Six days of Firebase migration in four commits: Firestore subcollection hierarchy, Firebase Auth replacing NextAuth, a 58-user data port with lazy password migration, and monthly costs dropping from $20-30 to $0-10.

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HustleStats Firebase Migration: 5-Agent A2A Architecture on Day One

Day one of migrating HustleStats to Firebase with a 5-agent A2A architecture, COPPA-compliant security rules, and a 72% cost reduction target. Also committed node_modules.

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Fine-Tuning IAM1: Building a Hierarchical Multi-Agent System on Vertex AI

Deep dive into fine-tuning a Regional Manager AI agent (IAM1) with hierarchical multi-agent orchestration on Vertex AI Agent Engine. Real implementation of decision frameworks and specialist delegation.

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Building an AI Video Pipeline with Vertex AI Veo, Lyria, and GitHub Actions

An NWSL documentary video pipeline using Vertex AI Veo for video, Lyria for music, and GitHub Actions for CI/CD. 23 commits, 53K+ lines, and every Lyria workaround nobody documented.

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Model-Agnostic Positioning and the IAE Branding Back-and-Forth

Removing IAE branding, adding model-agnostic messaging, building a pricing education hub, then restoring IAE branding the same day. The messy reality of product positioning.

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Vertex AI Agent Engine Forced a Same-Day Architecture Pivot

Agent Engine cannot run multiple non-search tools on a single agent. That undocumented limitation forced a same-day collapse from 4 specialized agents to 1 orchestrator carrying all tools.

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PipelinePilot: Building a Multi-Agent SDR Orchestrator on Vertex AI in One Day

From YAML agent configs to Python ADK: building a production multi-agent SDR orchestrator on Vertex AI with Firebase dashboard, 6 data connectors, and CI/CD in a single day.

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