Author
Andrius Lukminas
63 articles published
Architecture
Your keys, your instance
A hosting platform should never put its own credentials inside your application, and never make you guess which ones yours needs. We got the first half right and the second half wrong.
about 9 hours ago3 min
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Architecture
The discount you could not earn
Clients earn a real discount by taking part in their project. We measured what was actually reachable and got 5%. Six of sixteen rewards could only be earned by our own staff.
about 9 hours ago4 min
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Bug Fixes
Why the beta is delayed: a component that returned nothing
We found a confirmation dialog whose entire body was `return null`, imported by 118 files. Every destructive control in the platform silently did nothing — and every automated check we had passed.
about 9 hours ago2 min
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Product
What's Next for Boottify — Roadmap Q3 2026
What's coming: real-time WebSocket streaming for deployments, CRM analytics dashboards, multi-tenant improvements, and the trading bot project.
3 months ago4 min
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Engineering
Boottify's Testing Philosophy — TDD, Playwright, and Systematic Debugging
How we test at Boottify: TDD workflow, Playwright for E2E, 4-phase systematic debugging, and the RED-GREEN-REFACTOR cycle enforced at every commit.
3 months ago3 min
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Engineering
TypeScript at Scale — 248K Lines Without a Single 'any'
Boottify's TypeScript codebase: 248,564 lines, 1,677 files, zero 'any' types, 165 Zod validation files, and 516 safeParse() calls. How we maintain strict mode at scale.
3 months ago4 min
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Product
Agencies CRM Deep Dive — Pipeline, Analytics, and Automation
A technical walkthrough of the Agencies CRM: 20+ API routes, 7 database tables, Kanban pipeline, ML duplicate detection, email sequences, and analytics.
3 months ago4 min
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Engineering
Authentication at Boottify — Lucia v3, OAuth, 2FA, and Session Guards
How Boottify's auth works: Lucia v3 sessions, Google/GitHub OAuth via Arctic, TOTP 2FA with backup codes, 15-minute idle timeouts, and role-based access.
3 months ago4 min
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Engineering
Kubernetes Infrastructure at Boottify — K3s, Traefik, and Let's Encrypt
How Boottify runs on K3s with Traefik ingress, Let's Encrypt DNS-01 challenges, and Hetzner bare metal. Zero CloudPanel, zero Nginx.
3 months ago5 min
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Integration
ForgeHub Integration — Payment-First Provisioning Pipeline
ForgeHub meets Boottify billing: payment-first provisioning, Stripe confirmation before deployment, and no deployment record until payment clears.
3 months ago3 min
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Engineering
The Blog Content Pipeline — How We Ship Posts at Boottify
Behind the scenes of Boottify's blog: Prisma-seeded posts, A2E-generated cover images, editorial typography passes, and responsive WebP thumbnails.
3 months ago3 min
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Design
Cyber-Industrial Design System — The Philosophy Behind Boottify's Visual Identity
Dark, sharp, typographic. How we built Boottify's cyber-industrial design system with 0-2px corners, one accent color, and uppercase geometric headings.
3 months ago5 min
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