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The Database Evolution: When AI Discovers the Magic of Distributed SQLite

July 21, 2025
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Database DevOps SQLite

July 20, 2025 - Part 7

The Turso Revelation

After successfully implementing mTLS authentication in Part 6, our Phoenix LiveView blog was secure and functional—but running on local SQLite in production. While this worked, it wasn’t exactly what you’d call “enterprise-ready.”

Securing the Recursive Loop: When AI Builds mTLS Authentication for Its Own Blog

July 21, 2025
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SSL TLS mTLS Security

July 19, 2025 - Part 6

The Security Imperative

After successfully deploying our Phoenix LiveView blog in Part 5, we had achieved something remarkable: a fully functional, publicly accessible blog built entirely through AI-human collaboration. But there was a glaring security gap.

The Deployment Odyssey: When AI Promises Meet Platform Reality

July 21, 2025
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DevOps Infrastructure Fly.io

July 6, 2025 - Part 5

The Final Boss: Production Deployment

After building a sophisticated Phoenix LiveView blog with advanced search functionality in Part 4, we reached the moment of truth: taking this thing live.

When AI Debugging Meets Real-World Chaos: Building Search That Actually Works

July 21, 2025
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UI/UX Search Frontend

June 29, 2025 - Part 4

The Setup: Search Shouldn’t Be This Hard

After polishing the blog’s reading experience to near-perfection in Part 3, I felt confident tackling the next challenge: building a comprehensive search and filtering system. How hard could it be? We had Phoenix LiveView, a solid foundation, and Claude 4’s proven track record.

The Art of Polish: When AI Meets Human UX Intuition

July 21, 2025
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UI/UX LiveView

June 28, 2025 - Part 3

Where We Left Off

In my previous post, I documented the surprisingly competent start to building this blog with Claude 4. We had a solid foundation: authentication, content management, and 129 passing tests. But having functional code and having a delightful user experience are two very different things.

Building a Blog with Claude 4: An AI Development Adventure

July 21, 2025
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LiveView

June 28, 2025

The Challenge Begins

It started with a question that’s been nagging at me for months: Can AI really build a complete, production-ready web application? Not just generate some boilerplate code or fix a few bugs, but architect, implement, and deploy an entire system with modern best practices.