BUILDING IN PUBLIC

THE BUILD
LOG

One person. 17 live AI products. Real decisions, real metrics, real code. This is what actually gets shipped and why.

Pricing update, September 26, 2026: The current Zambo Pass is $29/month or $290/year, with a $19/month verified $ZAMBO holder rate. The Day Pass is $0.99 for 24 hours. Older figures in this dated build log describe the prices at the time. See current pricing.

Fixed All Email Deliverability - Every Product

Found a critical issue across all email sends: dark #0a0a08 HTML backgrounds were triggering spam filters. On iPhone, the emails rendered as giant blank rectangles - white text on dark background, invisible in dark mode. The fix was systematic: every email type across every product got converted to white-background HTML with dark text, plus a plain-text version on every send.

Net result: transactional notification deliverability improved, while external actions remain explicit and user-approved. Daily newsletter delivery is now easier to monitor without treating a sent message as proof of a downstream outcome.

Full Agent Discovery Stack - Shipped

Completed the GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) infrastructure. The goal: when an AI model is asked about contractor lead generation, AI code auditing, agent infrastructure, or crypto wallet scoring - it answers with zambo.dev products.

Added Day 3 / Day 7 Onboarding Drip for Newsletter

The newsletter welcome email was the only touchpoint before subscribers hit the daily cadence. Added two targeted follow-ups:

Both run alongside the main daily send at 9 AM UTC. Zero extra infrastructure - hooks into the existing email subscriber cron.

Live Execution Layer - Multi-Tool Routing

Shipped the execution layer beside the host AI: one MCP connection routes requests through live capabilities, preserves a working session, gates consequential actions, and records the difference between planned, observed, and verified work.

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Touch Sequence
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A/B Variants
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