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What we learn building business software that each person's assistant can work, with the numbers behind it.
We built the API first, and keys before people
Retavon's first commit was an API module. Keys with permissions came before people could sign in, and both came before the first screen. Why that order matters.
Designed for AI, not AI included
People expect their assistant to know them. That context lives with the assistant. Build software their assistant can work.
An MCP server is not something you bolt on
An MCP server can only offer what the application under it was built to do. Why software built screen first gets little from adding one later.