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A weekend cleaning up a fintech's AWS migration. What was in the bill, what we cut, and the untested backup that almost cost everything.

I recently completed a security audit for a Solana-based prediction market protocol. Found 17 issues including 2 high severity — vault insolvency from mixed dispute bonds and inconsistent balance checks. Here's what I learned and what other Solana developers should watch out for.

I missed a race condition that cost my client $10,000. Six months later, that failure helped me catch a critical vulnerability in my own smart contracts before launch. Inside: the 7-prompt AI audit framework I built, 5 prompts you can use today, and the exact bug that would have drained user funds.