How a palette generator grew into a brand builder: one AI endpoint, a leaky link, and deployment pitfalls

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This article walks through how a simple palette generator evolved into a broader AI branding constructor. It describes the app’s Node.js and DeepSeek-based backend, branded content generation, font and animation suggestions, and export features for design workflows. It also details security hardening work, including XSS fixes, input sanitization, and safer HTML rendering. Deployment and packaging issues get attention too, especially Docker image transfer, reverse-proxy path handling, and mobile sharing constraints. The piece ends by positioning the tool as a practical, mobile-friendly branding utility for design and marketing work.

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