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Engineering 2026-09-14

The SvelteKit Startup Build Log: Firestore Schema, Auth Model, and the Four Features We Had to Build Ourselves

A concrete build log from production SvelteKit + Firebase applications: the auth pattern in hooks.server.ts, the Firestore collection shape behind CMS pages, form handling with actions and Zod, and the four features SvelteKit ships nothing for.

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Product 2026-09-13

The SaaS Ceiling: 5 Signals That Tell You a Tool Has Stopped Paying for Itself

The diagnostic signals that flip the economics from buying SaaS to building custom software, including the export tax nobody prices in and the workaround labour that never shows up on an invoice.

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Engineering 2026-09-12

The Dependency Diligence Pass: What npm audit, Lockfile Age, and Transitive Bloat Revealed in Four Client Codebases

A dependency-layer technical due diligence method: how to score lockfile age, majors behind, unmaintained transitive packages, and native-module upgrade blockers, and convert the gap into engineer-days an investor can price.

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Product 2026-09-11

The Health-Tech Agency Scorecard: 12 Capabilities a Diagnostics Startup Actually Buys (With Our Own Scores)

A capability-by-capability scorecard for evaluating software agencies for a diagnostics startup: 12 named capabilities, the evidence to demand for each, Jaspero's honest 0-5 score, and the four we refer out.

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Product 2026-09-10

The React Native Agency Shortlist: 11 Screening Questions, Our Own Answers, and How to Verify Each One

A founder's screening rubric for hiring a React Native agency in Europe, with Jaspero's own filled-in answers: production evidence, crash-free rates, rate bands, contract vehicles, and the projects we refuse.

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Engineering 2026-09-09

React Native in Production Across Four Engagements: Upgrade Log, Crash Rates, Store Outcomes, and the Native Modules We Wrote

Cross-project operational evidence from four production React Native apps: what broke in each upgrade, how crash-free session rates moved, what an App Store rejection actually costs, and when writing your own native module is the right call.

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