Who Are You? And What Can You Do?

Narrated

Your trip planner is live on the internet. People can use it. That’s exciting for about forty-eight hours.

Then three things happen at the same time.

First, you check your AI billing dashboard. Someone — you don’t know who — has been generating hundreds of trips. Tokyo 30 days. Paris 30 days. Antarctica 30 days. Your bill has tripled. You have no idea who’s doing it and no way to stop them.

Second, you realize that everyone who visits the app sees the same trips. Your beach vacation to Bali is sitting right there next to a stranger’s bachelor party itinerary for Vegas. There’s no concept of “my stuff” and “your stuff.” It’s just… stuff.

Third, your friend sends you a message: “Hey, cool app. But why can I see someone’s trip to a divorce recovery retreat in Sedona? That feels… private.”

All three of these problems come from the same root cause. Your app has no idea who anyone is. Every visitor is the same anonymous person as far as the code is concerned. No accounts. No identity. No boundaries.

Today, you’re going to fix that. And you’re going to learn the difference between two words that sound almost identical but mean very different things.