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.
July 10, 2026 · 7 min
The Ejection Seat Checklist: 10 Things to Verify Before Leaving an AI Cloud Builder
The Ejection Seat Checklist: 10 Things to Verify Before Leaving an AI Cloud Builder. The engineering reality behind the symptom, why AI agents can't fix it, and the moves that ship your app to production.
ReadJuly 9, 2026 · 7 min
Reverse Engineering AI Code: A Survival Guide for Non-Technical Founders
Reverse Engineering AI Code: A Survival Guide for Non-Technical Founders. The engineering reality behind the symptom, why AI agents can't fix it, and the moves that ship your app to production.
ReadJuly 8, 2026 · 7 min
The Vercel Deployment Nightmare: Why Your Lovable Export Breaks on Deployment
The Vercel Deployment Nightmare: Why Your Lovable Export Breaks on Deployment. The engineering reality behind the symptom, why AI agents can't fix it, and the moves that ship your app to production.
ReadJuly 7, 2026 · 7 min
Untangling AI Monoliths: How to Refactor Exported AI Code Without Breaking It
Untangling AI Monoliths: How to Refactor Exported AI Code Without Breaking It. The engineering reality behind the symptom, why AI agents can't fix it, and the moves that ship your app to production.
ReadJuly 6, 2026 · 7 min
Bubble vs. Lovable vs. Code: When to Jump Ship to a Traditional Codebase
Bubble vs. Lovable vs. Code: When to Jump Ship to a Traditional Codebase. The engineering reality behind the symptom, why AI agents can't fix it, and the moves that ship your app to production.
ReadJuly 5, 2026 · 7 min
Trapped in Replit: How to Migrate Your AI Agent Code to GitHub & Vercel
Trapped in Replit: How to Migrate Your AI Agent Code to GitHub & Vercel. The engineering reality behind the symptom, why AI agents can't fix it, and the moves that ship your app to production.
ReadJuly 4, 2026 · 7 min
Bolt.new to Localhost: Surviving the Export and Setting up Your Local Environment
Bolt.new to Localhost: Surviving the Export and Setting up Your Local Environment. The engineering reality behind the symptom, why AI agents can't fix it, and the moves that ship your app to production.
ReadJuly 3, 2026 · 7 min
The Lovable Exodus: A Step-by-Step Guide to Exporting to a Standard React Stack
The Lovable Exodus: A Step-by-Step Guide to Exporting to a Standard React Stack. The engineering reality behind the symptom, why AI agents can't fix it, and the moves that ship your app to production.
ReadJuly 2, 2026 · 8 min
The Duplicate Component Trap: Why Your AI Agent Says It's Fixed But Nothing Changes
Replit Agent and Bolt.new quietly spawn checkout-v2.tsx, declare victory, and leave your app running the broken original. Here's how to spot it and stop it.
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