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Documenting the journey from first line of code to production launch. Technical insights, build journal entries, and lessons learned from building Valo.
When Perfect Code Meets Imperfect Process: Integrating Twilio WhatsApp API
Our WhatsApp integration was technically flawless—201 status codes, clean logs, zero errors. But the message never reached its destination. This is why technical excellence alone doesn't ship products.
Deploying AI Reasoning + WhatsApp Infrastructure: Lessons from 3 Critical Terraform Errors
We successfully deployed 54 AWS resources including Bedrock Inference Profiles for AI reasoning and WhatsApp webhook infrastructure. But not without hitting three critical Terraform validation errors that taught us valuable lessons.
Lambda MCP Deployment: A Masterclass in Why Small Issues Compound
Should take 15 minutes, maybe 20 with coffee. Two hours later, after debugging seven distinct issues, I had a working deployment and a notebook full of lessons about AWS Lambda that no tutorial had taught me.
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