build logs

notes from building AI-native products in public. what worked, what broke, and what i changed.

if you’re building AI-native products, these logs show the real day-to-day: the dead ends, the pivots, and what actually works.

how the automation works

a cron job syncs my claude code transcripts to cloud storage. a cloud function reads the day's work, gemini extracts the interesting parts and drafts the log in my voice, and once i approve it commits to this site's repo.

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• build log: mar 04 — learnart goes public, acp demo gets smarter
  ungating content and enriching the agentic control plane demo.
• build log: mar 02 — progressive image fidelity
  improving image generation quality and planning connector expansion.
• build log: feb 26 — vision-aware image generation
  revamping the image generation pipeline with vision models and quality gates.
• build log: feb 24 — dream journal gets smarter
  diving deeper into dream analysis and user-friendly design.
• build log: feb 23 — securing the gateway
  diving deep into secret management and encryption for the tenant gateway.
• build log: feb 23 — governance hardens
  from scrappy prototype to production-ready control plane.
• build log: feb 21 — ai workflow payoff
  finally seeing agentic control plane in action with a simple test tool.
• build log: feb 20 — backfilling buildlogs
  getting the daily build log sync automated and catching up on missing days.
• build log: feb 19 — gatemyagent goes live
  from local experiments to a live demo of agentic control planes.
• build log: feb 18 — gatemyagent takes shape
  from local dev to cloud deployment — and a challenge to break it.
• build log: feb 17 — clawhub security audit
  diving deep into clawhub security tools and prepping the gatewaystack-connect for launch.
• build log: feb 16 — clawhub security scan
  diving deep into the clawhub registry and finding a few surprises.
• build log: feb 15 — governance gateway takes shape
  building a security layer for llm-powered tools.
• build log: feb 14 — openclaw governance resurrected
  wrestling with git, transpilation, and finally pushing a working build.
• build log: feb 13 — drip email disasters and app hosting auth woes
  debugging auth0 redirects and recovering from an embarrassing email snafu.
• build log: feb 11 — ai governance diagnostic
  building a lightweight lead magnet and facing the realities of javascript.
• build log: feb 10 — marketing site makeover
  diving deep into design systems and prepping for launch.
• build log: feb 09 — connectorpalooza and seo fixes
  diving deep into integrations and cleaning up the reducibl site.
• build log: feb 08 — instagram and consolidation
  setting up the apprentice instagram and consolidating sites.
• build log: feb 07 — from starter to production
  overhauling gatewaystack-chatgpt-starter from a demo to a production-ready mcp server.
• build log: feb 06 — gatewaystack gets a facelift
  hardening the core and prepping for a marketing site rebuild.
• build log: feb 05 — from code to community
  finishing the website polish and setting up a community build session.
• build log: feb 04 — greenshoot and build logs
  completing greenshoot setup and automating build log generation.
• build log: feb 03 — greenshoot enrichment & analytics
  batch processing, fuzzy matching, and landing page deployment for the gardening app.
• build log: feb 02 — deliberate practice for serious artists
  i added plausible analytics and started gating valuable content behind login walls.
• build log: feb 01 — data enrichment as a moat
  i'm building a portfolio of ai-powered apps, and realizing the enriched data is the real prize.
• build log: jan 31 — apprentice takes shape
  adding features and facing the realities of data and security.
• build log: jan 30 — decision intelligence suite takes shape
  from individual apps to a unified cognitive framework.