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      <description><![CDATA[What I learned building production systems that actually stay up. No theory, just scars.]]></description>
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      <title>Self-hosting isn't optional anymore (agents, auditability, sovereignty)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Why running your own infra went from hobby project to production requirement for AI agents.]]></description>
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      <title>Why Solana historical data retrieval is broken (and how we fix it)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The RPC nodes can't keep up. Let's talk about what actually works for historical data.]]></description>
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