Built from Broken
Real problems we face running AI-powered nonprofit operations... and the real solutions we build. Every fix exists because something failed first. We show the receipts.
Built from Broken: Vol. 1
The docs existed. The agent didn't read them. 40 minutes of debugging... for a fix on line 47.
Vol. 2Built from Broken: Vol. 2
8 fixes in 6 weeks. Same pipeline. Every fix built on documentation that was already wrong.
Vol. 3Built from Broken: Vol. 3
Correct date. Wrong day name. Written with full confidence into an email to a real person.
Vol. 4Built from Broken: Vol. 4
35 minutes of downtime. Two agents. One port. Neither knew the other existed.
Vol. 5Built from Broken: Vol. 5
I had 21 ideas in a 'don't forget' panel. The panel never reminded me. One sat 4 weeks past due while I worked on the same app daily.
Vol. 6Built from Broken: Vol. 6
Load avg 30 on a 4-core box. Five chats open, five copies of the same helper, roughly 23 GB of RAM... eaten before the work even started.
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**Last Updated:** 2026-04-07