What sleep/wake bugs taught us about Supabase, network recovery, and building reliable SaaS applications.

Imagine spending weeks building a React application.

Authentication works. Database queries work. Real-time updates work. Your dashboard loads quickly, and your end-to-end tests are passing.

You deploy it.

Everything looks great.

Then someone closes their laptop.

They return an hour later, open the lid, and continue working.

The application is still there. They're still logged in. The buttons are visible.

But something is wrong.

A request never finishes. A loading indicator keeps spinning.…