CloudWeld Field Notes

Field notes on AI-built software.

What breaks, what it costs, and how to run it in production. Written by the engineers doing the work.

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Production, security, AI costs, and agents. What we learn taking AI-built software to production.

Production 10 min read

What investors check in an AI-generated codebase

AI-generated code is now a due-diligence line item. What reviewers look for, what it does to your valuation, and how to be ready before the data room opens.

CloudWeld Team June 15, 2026
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MCP & Agents 11 min read

Why most MCP servers never reach production

Audits find over half of public MCP servers are dead and fewer than one in five are production-ready. The failures repeat: auth, tool design, and a moving spec.

Claudia Stan June 22, 2026
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Security 11 min read

What actually breaks in AI-built apps

Missing access rules, leaked keys, deleted databases. The documented failures in AI-built software, and the five fixes that prevent most of them.

CloudWeld Team June 29, 2026
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AI Costs 9 min read

The math after flat-rate AI pricing ended

In June 2026 AI coding tools switched from flat rates to meters and budgets broke. What happened, why it was inevitable, and how to get costs predictable.

Claudia Stan July 6, 2026
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