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Christopher Sove

@papreJoined February 2026

Composable legal infrastructure. One clause at a time.

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CSChristopher Sovepapre.hashnode.devFeb 24 · 3 min read

How We Fixed Firefox's localStorage Race in Playwright: Two Navigation Helpers

TL;DR Firefox's addInitScript can race against page rendering when seeding localStorage for E2E tests. We fixed it by splitting navigation into two helpers: gotoPage (fast, commit) for interactive flows and gotoAgreementPage (reliable, domcontentload...

CSChristopher Sovepapre.hashnode.devFeb 23 · 6 min read

How We Replaced Hardcoded Legal Templates with Accord TemplateMark: Composable Prose for Smart Contracts

TL;DR: We migrated 9 agreement types from hardcoded legal templates to Accord Project's TemplateMark system — typed data models, reusable clause packages, and a generic evaluation pipeline. 21 commits across 4 days. Here's the full architecture. The ...

CSChristopher Sovepapre.hashnode.devFeb 17 · 2 min read

How AI Changed the Way I Build (Not Just the Speed): A Solo Founder's Reflection

TL;DR: I spent years thinking I had executive dysfunction. AI didn't cure anything — it just matched my cognitive throughput, which turned out to be the actual bottleneck. The Problem I've struggled with executive function all my life. The kind that...

CSChristopher Sovepapre.hashnode.devFeb 17 · 1 min read

How We Replaced a 310-Line Translation Layer with Native TemplateMark Parsing

TL;DR: We deleted 310 lines of template middleware by switching to native Accord Project TemplateMark grammar. Zero regressions. The Problem Our legal agreement templates needed to render in the browser. We had a translation layer converting Template...

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How We Fixed Firefox's localStorage Race in Playwright: Two Navigation Helpers

How We Replaced Hardcoded Legal Templates with Accord TemplateMark: Composable Prose for Smart Contracts

How AI Changed the Way I Build (Not Just the Speed): A Solo Founder's Reflection

How We Replaced a 310-Line Translation Layer with Native TemplateMark Parsing

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How We Fixed Firefox's localStorage Race in Playwright: Two Navigation Helpers

How We Replaced Hardcoded Legal Templates with Accord TemplateMark: Composable Prose for Smart Contracts

How AI Changed the Way I Build (Not Just the Speed): A Solo Founder's Reflection

How We Replaced a 310-Line Translation Layer with Native TemplateMark Parsing