https://zeroic.in/blog Field notes from a senior-only development studio. AI product architecture, SaaS engineering, no-code rescue, and what it actually takes to ship software. en-us Tue, 29 Sep 2026 12:52:35 GMT https://zeroic.in/blog/gpt-vs-claude-vs-llama-production https://zeroic.in/blog/gpt-vs-claude-vs-llama-production Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT GPT vs Claude vs Llama for production: pick a model per task, not per leaderboard. Which tier wins extraction, formatting, agents, and when open weights pay. ai-development https://zeroic.in/blog/fixed-price-mvp-development https://zeroic.in/blog/fixed-price-mvp-development Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Fixed-price MVP development works when scope is a boundary, not a feature list. The scope rules that let a 5-6 week fixed sprint ship without creep. founders https://zeroic.in/blog/ai-voice-agent-architecture https://zeroic.in/blog/ai-voice-agent-architecture Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT AI voice agent architecture in production: speech-to-text, turn detection, text-to-speech and telephony each fail differently. Where they break, how to fix it. ai-development https://zeroic.in/blog/senior-engineer-retainer-vs-hire https://zeroic.in/blog/senior-engineer-retainer-vs-hire Sat, 26 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The full year-one cost of a US senior hire versus a senior retainer, line by line, and the four situations where hiring full-time is still the right call. founders https://zeroic.in/blog/code-rescue-vs-rewrite https://zeroic.in/blog/code-rescue-vs-rewrite Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Code Rescue vs a full rewrite for a cracking Lovable or Bolt MVP: why most founders shouldn't default to a rewrite, with the decision framework and real costs. founders https://zeroic.in/blog/vibe-coded-mvp-production https://zeroic.in/blog/vibe-coded-mvp-production Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Vibe-coded MVP in production: the five failure modes we fix in every Code Rescue engagement, in the order they'll hurt your Lovable or Bolt app. no-code https://zeroic.in/blog/pgvector-vs-pinecone https://zeroic.in/blog/pgvector-vs-pinecone Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT pgvector vs Pinecone: most teams reach for a dedicated vector DB too early. The thresholds - memory, QPS, filtered search - where pgvector stops being enough. ai-development https://zeroic.in/blog/lovable-vs-bolt-vs-cursor https://zeroic.in/blog/lovable-vs-bolt-vs-cursor Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Lovable vs Bolt vs Cursor, from rescuing all three: Lovable ships open databases by default, Bolt often leaks API keys, Cursor needs a developer but lasts. no-code https://zeroic.in/blog/when-to-rebuild-your-bubble-app https://zeroic.in/blog/when-to-rebuild-your-bubble-app Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Bubble to code migration: Bubble works as a production platform until four thresholds - users, integration depth, latency and audit surface. What to do at each. no-code https://zeroic.in/blog/english-to-sql-at-1m-users https://zeroic.in/blog/english-to-sql-at-1m-users Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT English-to-SQL in production: what breaks as it scales to a million users - query validation, dialect drift, ambiguous references and wrong user schemas. ai-development