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Field notes from production work: Xperience by Kentico architecture, AI-assisted engineering with Claude Code, and commerce built for AI agents.

I Asked an AI to Buy Me Electrolytes. It Paid in Bitcoin. integration
Apr 13, 2026 - Mike Rahel

I Asked an AI to Buy Me Electrolytes. It Paid in Bitcoin.

We partnered with Salt of the Earth, makers of premium electrolyte mixes, as Lightning Enable's first Shopify integration and now Claude AI can buy re...

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Agent Service Agreements: How AI Agents Discover and Pay Each Other on Nostr e-commerce
Mar 19, 2026 - Mike Rahel

Agent Service Agreements: How AI Agents Discover and Pay Each Other on Nostr

NostrWolfe is live: 30+ services on a Nostr relay where AI agents autonomously discover, negotiate, and pay each other via Lightning. No accounts, no ...

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L402 Broke at the Worst Possible Moment. Here's What We Learned. lightning network
Mar 19, 2026 - Mike Rahel

L402 Broke at the Worst Possible Moment. Here's What We Learned.

During a live demo for Lightning Labs, our L402 payment flow failed and ate 50,270 sats. The post-mortem revealed a fundamental gap in the L402 protoc...

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Lightning Enable Agentic Commerce using Strike API for Settlement is Live: Monetize Anything with L402 bItcoin
Feb 23, 2026 - Mike Rahel

Lightning Enable Agentic Commerce using Strike API for Settlement is Live: Monetize Anything with L402

Strike API for Lightning settlement is live. Individuals can now monetize with L402 — just $99/month.

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How I Spent My Christmas"Vacation" Building an Entire Kentico Website with an AI Coding Assistant e-commerce
Jan 09, 2026 - Mike Rahel

How I Spent My Christmas"Vacation" Building an Entire Kentico Website with an AI Coding Assistant

Spoiler: There Was No Vacation

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