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The Postmark Cutover, Backups, and Unified Health Checks
A verified mail cutover with correct BCC delivery, migration-aware health checks, and backup recovery tests.
PostmarkEmailBackupsObservabilityDeployment
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ServerChirp Rollout, Mobile OTA Recovery, and Password Recovery
A 20-commit day finishing the mail server rollout, fixing the mobile update path, and adding account recovery.
EmailMobileOTADeploymentRecovery
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A Venue Integration Program and a Static Deploy for This Site
64 commits executing a worktree program for venue integration while moving dashwood.net to a mounted static release.
LaravelAstroDeploymentIntegrationVenues
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56 Commits: A Monorepo, a Coolify Cutover, and a POA Production Container
Consolidating Austin's Elite into a monorepo and rehearsing an isolated Coolify deployment down to the proxy rules.
MonorepoCoolifyDockerDeploymentInfrastructure
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Pre-Integration Guards, Faster Mail, and the Sales Shared Inbox
A 46-commit day making the integration safe to deploy, speeding up Mail, and building the sales shared-inbox surface.
LaravelPerformanceEmailIntegrationDeployment
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Compose Layout, Release-Isolated Assets, and a Sending Identity Selector
Back in the mail platform: draft safety, per-release web assets, and choosing who you're sending as.
EmailDockerDeploymentUX
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Polish Day: Dark Theme, Favicons, Push, and the First-Day Mail Experience
Nine paired commits making the mail workspace feel finished—branding, themes, mobile push, and preference persistence.
EmailUIMobileThemingDeployment
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Immutable Production Releases and Stale Route Bundles
Streamlining immutable releases, killing stale route bundles, and simplifying the shared inbox with branded folders.
DeploymentDockerEmailCaching
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Pinning a Mail Deployment and Managing Mailbox Imports with systemd
Hardening the TinyCLD mail deployment: pinned builds, persistent state, health waits, and memory-bounded imports.
DockersystemdEmailGoDeployment
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Coolify Deploy Configs Across All Four AustinsElite Repos
Dockerfiles, compose files, nginx config, and entrypoints—standardized so every surface deploys the same way.
DockerCoolifyDeploymentnginxInfrastructure
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From Zero to Deploy: Building a Personal Portfolio with Modern Frontend Tooling
How I built and shipped my personal portfolio using Vercel, tackled CSS quirks, and debugged real deployment edge cases.
frontendvercelportfoliocssdeployment
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The Accidental Legacy File Rollback: How a Simple FTP Mistake Exposed Technical Debt in AustinsElite
A careless FTP file move revealed deep technical debt in a legacy PHP app during its Laravel modernization.
PHPLaravellegacy codedeploymenttechnical debtmodernization
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