We read every message our first six users sent. The worst bug was our own progress report.

We build a cloud AI coding agent. Over 21 days, six real people signed up and used it.

Six. Not a launch, not traction, not a growth story — six people, small enough that we could sit down and read every message they ever sent it. So we did.

Here is everything that broke, including the one that was our fault in a way we didn't expect.

1. "No file changes were made in this turn."

That string appears three times across six users. One of them typed Continue, waited, and got it back. It was the last message of their session. They didn't return.