4,669 Active Users in 28 Days — Referral Spike on Stateless Infra
May 1, 2026By Pocket Portfoliotechnical
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Sovereign Engineering · Part 4
Headline traffic (GA4)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Window | 2026-03-06 → 2026-04-02 (28 days) |
| Active users | 4,669 |
| New users | 4,500 |
GA4 carries the headline user counts above. Referral and campaign mechanics live in product analytics (e.g. referral events, campaign rollups) — a different lens, not a substitute for GA4 “active users.”
Referral spike + stateless stack
middleware.ts:pocketportfolio.app→www.pocketportfolio.app(307) so?ref=and cookies survive./api/ai/chat: stateless portfolio payload; burst load hits LLM quotas,maxDuration, and Firestore metadata writes — not a growing prompt archive.
Read the Sovereign Intelligence book or try Pocket Portfolio.