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  1. Build

    About 200,000 Projects a Day Start on One AI App Builder. It Now Notices When You're Stuck, and 'Fix It, Fix It' Is the Sound of Software Nobody Can Read.

    An AI app builder gets you a first version fast. When fix-it prompts stop working, here is how to check you can read, move and hand off what it built.

    Brian Gagne

  2. Build

    White-Label AI Agents: What an Agency Actually Owns When It Rebrands One

    White-label AI lets an agency rebrand a vendor's agent. Who holds client access under OAuth, what the FTC expects of your claims, and the real math on margins.

    Brian Gagne

  3. Build

    Five Small Firms Cut Their Software Bills 40 to 80% by Vibe Coding Their Own CRM. Who Owns What They Built?

    Vibe coding a custom CRM cut five small firms' software bills 40 to 80%. What the Moltbook exposure and the research teach, and a checklist before it holds customer data.

    Brian Gagne

  4. Build

    Google Closed Firebase Studio to New Users 14 Months After Launch: Your Live App Survives, Unexported Code Gets Deleted

    Firebase Studio closed to new users June 22, 2026 and deletes workspace data March 22, 2027. Deployed apps keep running. How to export what you built.

    Brian Gagne

  5. Build

    GitHub's Outage Year and Platform Lock-In: Could Your Business Leave If It Had To?

    GitHub's 2026 outages and Ghostty's exit show where platform lock-in really lives. Three checks for your domain, your data and your exit cost.

    Brian Gagne

  6. Build

    The WP Engine Lawsuit: What the Court Decided, and What It Means for a Business on WordPress

    The WP Engine lawsuit after the September 2026 ruling: what the court decided, who owns wordpress.org, and three portability checks for a business on WordPress.

    Brian Gagne

  7. Support

    Your Software Stack Costs More at Every Renewal. Here Is How to Audit It

    Why your software stack costs more each renewal, what changed in Microsoft 365 on July 1, 2026, and a one-afternoon audit to cut unused seats and overlap.

    Brian Gagne

  8. Build

    Webflow Added AI Credits to Every Plan. What AI Credits Cost Your Website and What You Keep When You Leave

    Webflow added AI credits to every plan in May 2026. How AI credits are spent, what happens when they run out, and what a code export leaves out.

    Brian Gagne

  9. Automate

    Can AI Agents Replace Your SaaS Subscriptions? Audit the Stack Before You Cancel

    AI agents can take over triage, data entry and reports, but most core systems stay. How to audit your stack, test in parallel and cancel without losing records.

    Brian Gagne

  10. Automate

    A Trillion-Dollar Software Selloff Hit SaaS Stocks. Audit Your Software Subscriptions Next.

    AI fears hit SaaS stocks in February 2026. Your software subscriptions did not get cheaper. A 5-step audit to decide what to keep, consolidate or replace.

    Brian Gagne

  11. Automate

    Beyond the Hype: How We Build Multi-Model AI Agents That Hold Up

    Multi-model AI agents swap models without a rewrite. Vendor retirement policies, OWASP's excessive agency risk, and the 7-step build order we follow.

    Brian Gagne