Building Breakwater with AI
Summary
This personal case study details how AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code) accelerated the author’s work building Breakwater, a self-hosted Docker image licensing solution. It covers exploring Harbor, then pivoting to an auth token layer and an authenticating proxy, highlighting AI-assisted development workflows and security considerations for SaaS-like products. The piece offers practical insights for indie developers and small teams adopting AI to speed feature delivery.