Practical writing for founders and engineers.
What we learn from running 120+ free audits a year. OWASP, performance, scaling, and the bugs we keep finding.
5 Vulnerabilities I Found in Random Startups This Month (And How They Fixed Them)
Five real vulnerabilities pulled from this month's free audits — anonymized, explained, and with the exact fix the team shipped.
Scaling from 100 to 100,000 Users: A Security & Performance Checklist
Every order-of-magnitude jump breaks something different. A checklist for the bottlenecks and security gaps that bite at 1k, 10k, and 100k users.
The Hidden Cost of Bug-Riddled MVPs (And How to Fix It Cheaply)
Shipping buggy isn't free — it costs you trust, ARR, and engineering velocity. Here's how to clean up an MVP without rewriting it.
Free vs Paid Security Audits: When You Need What
Free audits surface obvious risk. Paid audits find the bugs an attacker would actually use. A practical guide to choosing the right one for your stage.
How a 200ms Page Load Improvement Increased Our Client's Conversions by 34%
We cut 200ms off a marketplace's LCP. Conversions moved 34%. Here's the exact change set, the metrics we tracked, and what we'd do differently.
OWASP Top 10 in 2026: What Every Startup Founder Must Know
A founder-focused walkthrough of the 2026 OWASP Top 10 — what changed, what each risk looks like in a real SaaS codebase, and the cheapest fix for each.