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Showing 3 posts tagged “behind-the-scenes”
·4 min read
The Two Scrollbars I Removed From the Dashboard
A short note on a small UI fix — and why we think the way you tell whether software is good is whether it sweats the small details. Two scrollbars gone. The dashboard feels meaningfully better.
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How We Built an MCP Server in a Weekend
A walkthrough of how we wrapped the existing KidCash API in a Model Context Protocol server so any AI assistant can use it. Vercel mcp-handler, output schemas, the Smithery score, and what we'd do differently.
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30 Days of KidCash: How We Onboard New Parents
We just shipped a 30-day onboarding email drip for new accounts. Here's the structure, why we picked these six emails over twelve, and what each one is trying to do.
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