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October 16, 2026 Build Log: Context Window Limits, Prompt Caching, and Smarter Retries

DevNitro now enforces context window limits set by the company, team, or builder, turns on prompt caching, and stops retrying the same autonomous run failure.

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October 2, 2026 Build Log: Bot Signups and a Stubborn Autonomous Run

A bot flooded my site with fake signups, so DevNitro hardened Blazor registration across every app. Then an autonomous run built a native terminal UI.

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September 25, 2026 Build Log: An Autonomous Run Builds a GTM App

A DevNitro autonomous run built a Blazor GTM app in one evening: 49 commits from SQL to integration tests. Plus how Jev decides company fit.

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July 31, 2026 Build Log: Blueprint Upgrades and a CSP Decision

CSP moved into GCT, BlankSite gained a PageSeo component, and the blueprint upgrade engine stopped flagging false positives. Three sites upgraded and shipped.

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February 6, 2026 Build Log: The 114-Commit Refactor

A 114-commit week paying down architecture debt: operation results, UI services, and dual-mode Blazor across the codebase, plus migrating every ID from int to long.

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December 26, 2025 Build Log: Eight Hours of Blazor Debugging

A lighter Christmas week: eight hours chasing a Blazor debugger crash that a bin/obj clear fixed, refining a rate limiter that locked me out, and payment UI into GCT.

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November 7, 2025 Build Log: Building HowdyChad With DevNitro

I used DevNitro to generate my own site, HowdyChad, from the BlankSite blueprint with a SQLite database and migrations, during a shorter travel week.

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