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Founder discovers 5 bugs that made his AI platform's cost data useless

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A solo developer launched an AI agent platform on Product Hunt and got zero signups. Investigating, he found that 99% of cost data was zero due to an integer truncation bug, workflow costs were never recorded, and pricing used per-provider instead of per-model rates. The post details five hidden bugs that made the platform's analytics misleading.

Meridian48 take
A cautionary tale that underscores how even well-intentioned solo devs can ship invisible data bugs that undermine user trust from day one.
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