The Launched blog
Notes from the last 10%.
Lessons from shipping AI-built products into the wild — auth, payments, vendor lock-in, scaling pain, and the unglamorous fixes that get prototypes paying.
June 21, 2026 · 7 min
Claude vs. Cursor: Why You're Asking the Wrong Question
The Claude vs Cursor debate is a procrastination ritual. Here's the hybrid workflow that actually ships, and why the tool wars are stealing your week.
ReadJune 20, 2026 · 8 min
The True Cost of AI Coding Tools (It's Not the $20 Subscription)
The sticker price is a rounding error. The real bill is the time tax, the hallucination debug loop, and the cognitive drain of living in five chat windows.
ReadJune 19, 2026 · 8 min
From Prototype to Production: Choosing the Right AI Stack for Your Stage
v0 and Lovable are S-tier for 0-to-1 and a liability at 1-to-scale. A practical framework for which tool to use when, and where the cliff actually is.
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