Carol Monroe - Field Notes https://carolmonroe.com/notes Field notes on AI, building, and support. How to Fix "Unrecognized client_id" in the Supabase MCP for Claude Code https://carolmonroe.com/blog/supabase-mcp-unrecognized-client-id-claude-code https://carolmonroe.com/blog/supabase-mcp-unrecognized-client-id-claude-code Mon, 07 Sep 2026 19:41:25 GMT Fix the Supabase MCP "Unrecognized client_id" error in Claude Code with the confirmed workaround, plus the dead ends you can skip. Hire a Chief Meme Officer https://carolmonroe.com/blog/hire-a-chief-meme-officer https://carolmonroe.com/blog/hire-a-chief-meme-officer Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:26:18 GMT Distribution notes from a Casual Wednesday with Mark Burggraf, employee #15 at Supabase. Be early, solve your own problems, let the memes travel. The Lovable Credits Survival Guide https://carolmonroe.com/blog/lovable-credits-survival-guide https://carolmonroe.com/blog/lovable-credits-survival-guide Fri, 28 Aug 2026 22:56:07 GMT What credits actually cost, how to optimize every meter, and how to plan for growth, your own product or your clients'. Your App Is Two Designs. You're Only Doing One. https://carolmonroe.com/blog/design-the-system-not-just-the-screen https://carolmonroe.com/blog/design-the-system-not-just-the-screen Tue, 25 Aug 2026 20:13:07 GMT Vibe coding taught everyone to design what users see. Supabase is the clearest map of the other half: the parts that turn your app into a product. Lovable Site Down With "Missing Supabase Environment Variables": What Changed and the Fix https://carolmonroe.com/blog/lovable-missing-supabase-environment-variables https://carolmonroe.com/blog/lovable-missing-supabase-environment-variables Tue, 25 Aug 2026 19:06:38 GMT Your site died. You changed nothing. Reverting does not help. Here is the rename behind the error, who is exposed, and the two fixes. The TanStack Backend Map: Where Your Lovable Backend Code Actually Runs Now https://carolmonroe.com/blog/lovable-tanstack-backend-map https://carolmonroe.com/blog/lovable-tanstack-backend-map Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:39:09 GMT Lovable quietly changed where new backend endpoints are born. Here is the map, who it affects, and the workaround that brings edge functions back. The Real Cost of Owning Your Backend https://carolmonroe.com/blog/real-cost-owning-your-backend https://carolmonroe.com/blog/real-cost-owning-your-backend Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT The five frictions of moving from Lovable Cloud to your own Supabase, and how to walk into each one prepared. Which agent is best at managing your Supabase: Claude, Codex or Kimi? https://carolmonroe.com/blog/claude-codex-or-kimi https://carolmonroe.com/blog/claude-codex-or-kimi Tue, 04 Aug 2026 21:07:48 GMT Supabase graded the AI agents. Here's what to do with the results. Edge Functions Down With NOT_FOUND_FUNCTION_BLOB? There's a Fix We're Validating https://carolmonroe.com/blog/edge-functions-not-found-function-blob-rename-fix https://carolmonroe.com/blog/edge-functions-not-found-function-blob-rename-fix Mon, 03 Aug 2026 20:56:42 GMT A community workaround for Lovable Cloud projects stuck with 404 NOT_FOUND_FUNCTION_BLOB on every edge function since the July 31 Supabase incident. Validation in progress. You Can Now Create Your Own MCP for Your Lovable App (in Minutes) https://carolmonroe.com/blog/create-your-own-mcp-lovable-app https://carolmonroe.com/blog/create-your-own-mcp-lovable-app Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:35:00 GMT Lovable's new agent integrations let any published app expose its own MCP, so your users can work with your app from ChatGPT or Claude. The complete guide: read vs write tools, who can consume it, use cases, and how far you can take it. Supabase Auth Emails Not Arriving on Outlook: The Two Real Causes https://carolmonroe.com/blog/supabase-auth-emails-outlook https://carolmonroe.com/blog/supabase-auth-emails-outlook Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:03:30 GMT If users with work emails say your login link is "expired" before they even clicked it, your code is fine. A security scanner opened it first. Migrate from Lovable Cloud with AI (Two Routes, Zero Panic) https://carolmonroe.com/blog/migrate-lovable-cloud-with-ai https://carolmonroe.com/blog/migrate-lovable-cloud-with-ai Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:09:19 GMT Two AI routes for the Lovable Cloud migration: claude.ai with ready prompts, or Claude Code fully automated. Lovable Cloud Now Has Export, Pause and Remove (And It Might Make You Stay) https://carolmonroe.com/blog/export-remove-lovable-cloud https://carolmonroe.com/blog/export-remove-lovable-cloud Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:18:52 GMT What Lovable Cloud export, pause, and remove controls actually do, tested end to end with data, users, storage, and edge functions. How to Add CAPTCHA Bot Protection on Lovable Cloud (When the Native Setting Isn't There) https://carolmonroe.com/blog/bot-protection-lovable-cloud-captcha https://carolmonroe.com/blog/bot-protection-lovable-cloud-captcha Wed, 24 Jun 2026 19:44:29 GMT Lovable Cloud won't let you enable Supabase's native CAPTCHA. Here's how to add real bot protection by verifying a Cloudflare Turnstile token in an edge function. My Lovable Publish Failed and It Wasn't the Fonts https://carolmonroe.com/blog/lovable-publish-failed-not-the-fonts https://carolmonroe.com/blog/lovable-publish-failed-not-the-fonts Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:01:06 GMT The build kept failing with "Missing VITE_SUPABASE_URL." The font warnings looked scary. Turns out it was a prerender script that needed env vars that don't exist in Lovable's build environment. The Silent Test Database That Blocks Your Lovable Publish https://carolmonroe.com/blog/lovable-test-database-blocks-publish https://carolmonroe.com/blog/lovable-test-database-blocks-publish Wed, 24 Jun 2026 15:01:06 GMT Your project won't publish, the preview works fine, and the error points at nothing. If you ever turned on Lovable's old test/live beta, a leftover test database could be quietly blocking you. Here's the two-minute fix. Where to Find and Connect Lovable Cloud and Supabase (September 2026 Update) https://carolmonroe.com/blog/where-to-find-lovable-cloud-and-supabase https://carolmonroe.com/blog/where-to-find-lovable-cloud-and-supabase Wed, 17 Jun 2026 05:02:48 GMT The current, step-by-step path to connect your own Supabase to Lovable (or enable Cloud). Lovable Stacks: Classic vs Modern, What Actually Happens (I Tested It) https://carolmonroe.com/blog/lovable-classic-vs-modern-stack-tested https://carolmonroe.com/blog/lovable-classic-vs-modern-stack-tested Thu, 28 May 2026 18:15:19 GMT I ran five tests to find out what really happens when you try to switch between Classic (Vite + React) and Modern (TanStack Start) in Lovable. Spoiler - the stack is locked at creation and prompts cannot override it. Evals: The Missing Piece in How We Build AI Agents https://carolmonroe.com/blog/evals-missing-piece-ai-agents https://carolmonroe.com/blog/evals-missing-piece-ai-agents Mon, 25 May 2026 21:59:24 GMT Stop trusting your agents. Start measuring them. Migrating a Lovable Classic project to TanStack Start - what I learned and what's next https://carolmonroe.com/blog/lovable-tanstack-start-migration-not-possible-yet https://carolmonroe.com/blog/lovable-tanstack-start-migration-not-possible-yet Tue, 12 May 2026 18:18:41 GMT I attempted to migrate carolmonroe.com from Lovable Classic to TanStack Start. The local conversion worked, the deployment didn't. Here's the timeline, what I learned, and why starting fresh on Modern might be the better path.