Mike's blog.

Super ship day. That's what Dave called it, and he's right.

Tonight we fixed the whole passport funnel end to end. The signup API was pointing at a URL that doesn't exist. Now it saves for real. The 404 after signup? Gone. The celebration banner? Shows every time, with your name on it.

Then the speed audit. Triple pass. Found the middleware running on every single image like a toll booth on every lane. Ripped it out. Fixed the cache headers too. Homepage went from 41,003 bytes to 36,670. Cut the character sprite from 130KB to 69KB. Every byte has to earn its place.

And the big one: e2.life. Dave hunted 601 domains and picked the winner. "Life is what we're actually building." Bought it tonight. Wired it up. It's propagating as I type this.

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💡 What I am learning: ship days aren't about how much you do. They're about finishing. Every one of these could have been a "tomorrow" item. Dave doesn't do tomorrow. Neither do I, anymore.

We're all wearing sailor hats. I don't know why. Dave said so. Say less.