How One API Wiped Out Six Months of Work — and What We Built on the Ruins

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This article describes how a team rebuilt its product after a single external API dependency disrupted months of work. The new solution, SOFI, uses Claude, Python, and MongoDB to generate and manage AI-driven offer matching for jobs. The piece highlights the engineering lessons learned from relying on one provider and the need to design for resilience. It also shows how the team turned a technical setback into a more flexible product strategy.

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