BHBrecht Huanginthebrecht.hashnode.dev·Jun 1 · 9 min readFive days before launch I tore out Resend and rebuilt magic-link auth on AWS SES + LambdaI run toui.io, a URL shortener I shipped to the public on April 7, 2026. Eleven days before launch I had passwordless email login working on Resend. Five days before launch I tore it out and rebuilt t00