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Building a License Gate for MemStack: From Simple Validation to HMAC-Protected Grace Periods
What started as simple license validation turned into a complete tiered access system with HMAC-protected grace periods. Here's how I built a tamper-resistant licensing gate for MemStack.
Building a Tiered License Gate for MemStack: From Free to Pro with Grace Periods
Built a complete tiered license validation system for MemStack, evolving from a simple pro gate to a sophisticated system with free tiers, grace periods, and HMAC tamper detection. A 90-minute journey through the complexities of fair user experience design.
Building a License Gate for MemStack: From Zero to Tiered SaaS in 45 Minutes
Built a complete license validation and tiered access system for MemStack in 45 minutes using a multi-agent approach. From basic Pro gates to a three-tier system with graceful degradation and smart caching.
Native Crashes, 5-Theme Systems, and the Art of React Native Debugging
Session 2 on Lettalize brought native crashes, theme system overhauls, and some hard-earned lessons about React Native debugging. Sometimes the most frustrating bugs teach you the most valuable lessons.
Setting Up Monetization for Lettalize: RevenueCat + AdMob Planning Session
Quick planning session to set up RevenueCat and AdMob accounts for Lettalize monetization. Got pricing tiers configured and decided to deploy both SDKs in one EAS build to save on build slots.
Force Pushing to Main and Surviving Fly.io Deployments
Force-pushed my way to victory with Cardizzle today, watching Fly.io auto-deploy both apps while hunting down a missing flyctl binary.
Building Emoji Reactions and Fixing Avatar Uploads in Cardizzle
Built custom poker emoji reactions with rate limiting, fixed avatar uploads getting wiped on deploy, and improved the poker table layout.
Three Quick UX Wins: Seat Swapping, Better Turn Indicators, and High-Roller Chips
Added seat changing for blackjack, made poker turn indicators way more visible, and introduced high-denomination chips up to 1K. Three solid UX improvements that make the game feel more polished.
Polishing the Casino UX: Auto-Refresh Balances & Plinko Physics
A UX polish session focused on auto-refreshing chip balances and redesigning Plinko's betting flow with a proper 3-phase state machine for better physics timing.
Security Hardening & Template Generation: A Tale of SVGs and WordPress Kses
Fixed security vulnerabilities in WordPress theme with proper SVG escaping, built a new template generation system for our vertical factory, and learned why sometimes the old deployment tricks are the best tricks.