Field notes on shipping.
Guides, comparisons and field notes on privacy-first analytics, AI traffic and coding agents, for people who ship apps with AI tools.
Lovable analytics: built-in, Google Analytics or events?
Lovable’s built-in analytics shows visits and sources, not what users do. Compare it with Google Analytics and cookieless event tracking (video, 38 s).
Analytics MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex
Connect an analytics MCP server to Claude Code or Cursor. Your agent installs cookieless tracking, checks the first event and reads your stats.
Lovable
BoltHow to add analytics to a Lovable app
Two ways to track what users do in an app built with Lovable: one prompt, or three lines of code. Cookieless, no consent banner for the SDK.
Why your AI traffic shows up as “Direct”
ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini send you visitors your analytics can’t see. Why the source disappears, and what you can still measure.
How to know if ChatGPT sends you traffic
Referrers, utm_source and what AI assistants don’t tell you. And how to see AI traffic in one card.
Cookieless analytics for Next.js in 2 minutes
Add privacy-first product analytics to a Next.js App Router project: install, init once, track what matters.