@erik
Tech entrepreneur. Building AI automation systems. Author of Freedom Blueprint and The Autonomous Engineer.
Lovable, Bolt, and v0 production guidance for this problem: The app still runs on a builder subdomain, and moving it to a real domain breaks logins, redirects, and outgoing email.
Cursor, Claude, and Supabase production guidance for this problem: A generated schema change drops or renames a column and existing customer data disappears with no way back.
Bolt, Lovable, and Replit production guidance for this problem: Every prompt change is applied straight to the live app, so one bad generation breaks the product customers are using.
Lovable, Supabase, and Replit production guidance for this problem: Password reset and signup emails send from a default shared address and land in spam, so real users cannot get into their accounts.
Supabase, Lovable, and Cursor production guidance for this problem: The generated code uses the Supabase service role key in a place where it bypasses every row-level security rule.
Lovable, Bolt, and v0 production guidance for this problem: An API key that should stay on the server is shipped inside the browser bundle where any visitor can read it.
Replit production guidance for this problem: The app stores real customer records, but nobody has ever restored the database from a backup.
Lovable production guidance for this problem: A client portal generated quickly can become business-critical before anyone owns updates, backups, support, or emergency fixes.
Cursor and Claude production guidance for this problem: The generated app can fail silently because errors, background jobs, and form submissions are not wired into searchable logs or alerts.
Bolt production guidance for this problem: The app runs in a preview, but there is no durable deployment path, rollback plan, environment separation, or uptime check.
v0 and Supabase production guidance for this problem: The generated dashboard looks polished, but admin actions and customer records are not protected by a clear permission model.
Replit, Stripe, and Lovable production guidance for this problem: The app accepts payment, but webhook retries can create duplicate orders, missed fulfillment, or inconsistent account state.
Lovable, and Supabase production guidance for this problem: The generated login flow works in the demo, but tenant data boundaries and row-level security have not been proven.
We evaluated Postmark, dmarcian, EasyDMARC, GlockApps, and Mailgun for email deliverability monitoring. Then we built our own. Here is the cost math, the tradeoffs, and what we shipped.
If your AI tools fire on a schedule and treat every task as equal, the urgent ones — like customer leads — get starved by the noisy ones. Here's how to fix it.
A change went out, broke something, and the system reversed it before anyone noticed. Downtime under two minutes. No human involved. The real shift no one is talking about: operating the system after it's built.
Why Speed Wins First—and Why It Eventually Fails. Two emerging models for AI-driven builders: chaotic throughput vs. controlled autonomy — and why the winners combine them.
Four specific breaks that cause most "my website doesn't convert" problems — contact form, CTA, tracking, speed. Video walk-through plus $250 audit offer.
After 15 years running Ansible in production, these are the 7 failures I see over and over — handler ordering, fact-gathering on subset hosts, idempotency bugs, SSH drift. With the actual error signatures and the fix for each.
Stripe + SES + Git + Claude, wired together so customers can buy a website, email what they want, and have their site rebuild and redeploy automatically. 43-second end-to-end loop. What worked, what broke, and what I kept private.
Modern digitizer tracing software for CNC, CAD, and apparel. $800 vs $4,000 legacy alternatives. Works with existing GTCO/CalComp boards.
How asking should I buy an Intel NUC turned into building a 5-agent autonomous AI fleet with Claude and OpenAI Codex reviewing each others code
How I built an autonomous business operating system in 45 days with zero employees.
A practitioner-built framework for autonomous network operations with measured outcomes from a production deployment.
A postmortem on how a missing success signal in my NATS event bus caused a retry handler to upload 29 YouTube videos in one afternoon and the 5-minute fix.
How I built ChangeBus — a distributed agent system that detects code changes, generates competing AI fixes, scores them in tournaments, and auto-merges the winner. No human required (unless the AI isn't confident enough).
ScanBrief: AI-powered tech intelligence that scans HN, GitHub, ArXiv, and 15+ sources, deduplicates, scores, and delivers a 5-minute morning brief.
I dropped out at 16, hit $30K in debt, and got shot at in my own home. Here's the unfiltered story of how I turned it all around — and what I learned about money, fear, and survival.
Most people think building multiple income streams requires multiple careers. Here's the real framework I used to go from one job to 7 income streams — and how each one funded the next.
A practical breakdown of AI agents that actually work in network engineering in 2026 — from GitHub Copilot to Claude Code to MCP servers. Real examples, not hype.
Learn the interview-first approach to AI book writing that preserves your authentic voice. Stop generating generic content and start writing books that sound like you.
The case for why network engineers must learn AI and automation skills now — or risk becoming the next ice delivery man. Real signals from Zuckerberg and the industry.
How we built a fully custom business website for Finish Line Truck Parking in 20 minutes for $250 — while agencies quoted $5,000. Real story, real results.
Get a custom business website built today for $250-500. No templates, no monthly fees, no overseas outsourcing. Built by a real engineer in Atlanta, Georgia.
Identify and eliminate the telltale signs of AI-generated writing in your book. Learn about pattern detection, the 5-reviewer panel approach, and writing that passes the human test.
Compare AI book writing with InkEngine to hiring a traditional ghostwriter. Real numbers on cost ($99-499 vs $5K-100K), timelines, quality, and creative control.
The average Zillow inquiry goes to 3+ agents and the first responder wins 78% of the time. Learn how to fix your Zillow lead response time with automation.
A detailed case study of writing The Autonomous Engineer in 2 days using AI. The pipeline, daily output, voice matching, and lessons learned.
Stop losing open house leads to forgotten sign-in sheets. Learn how to automate your open house follow-up with digital sign-ins, instant emails, and a proven 5-touch drip sequence.
Calculate exactly how much time and money your real estate team can save with automation. A step-by-step ROI guide for brokerages and agents.
The 5 most common CRM integration mistakes real estate teams make that cause leads to fall through the cracks — and how to fix each one this week.
How top Atlanta real estate teams use lead follow-up automation to respond in under 2 minutes, convert more prospects, and close more deals.