I'm now 100% convinced that bootstrapping a profitable business as a single human is an art, science, video game and terrifying rollercoaster all baked into one nice package.

Jason Fried "When you're truly pumped about what you're doing, when you're truly driven by the vision, when you absolutely must make something that you need and want, your enthusiasm leaves a mark. It's a brand. Not the noun, but the verb." world.hey.com/jason/marketin…

“It's easier to become 10x luckier by increasing your exposure and shots on target, than it is to become 10x better at undestanding and predicting the world.” Alex West 🚀 you cooked with this one

Learnings from lean product validation: 🫤 Ad traffic == plenty of bot signups. ✅ Use bot protection (Cloudflare, reCAPTCHA), etc. 🫤 Using cookie banners kill early signal. ✅ Just analyze web route hit rate early on (i.e. using Cloudflare). 🫤 Don't trust ad CTR too much.

For the developers out there who are quickly validating a business idea, the “measure twice, cut once" approach will fail. Write as much as you can about the hypothesis, problem, solution, USPs, marketing, profit model, etc. Spend equal time on actual writing vs coding.

Claude code has had a direct and immediate positive impact on my health: I get up more often for a coffee break.

I could have a $500k salary at Google but I'll take my $20 MRR thanks

How to build an MVP (without wasting a year doing it) 1/ get an idea 2/ throw away 90% of it 3/ pick 1 problem 4/ pick 1 customer 5/ open Google Docs 6/ write the solution 7/ open Figma 8/ sketch the ugly version 9/ cut it in half again 10/ add Stripe button 11/ launch to 5

Be the David Goggings of candidates when you apply for a job. Dare to put in some effort! Most people mistakenly think it's all just one big lottery. That they don't even have to try. Every time we hire, I see how sorely mistaken they are.

openai just killed n8n

you might not like it, but this is what peak coding performance looks like

steve jobs: "you have a 5 year window of opportunity to obtain generational wealth by becoming an llm-powered solopreneur" (paraphrased)

MCP is basically a glorified HTTP endpoint with some expected structure.

My wife and I are building the next AI-powered Michelin, for restaurant planning and booking. We're starting in Rome for our beta. Follow me to get updates here.

Welp, the internet is down. Perfect time for a gym break.

I built an AI system that automates product video creation for entire e-commerce catalogs. (Saves $30K per collection shoot, increases conversion rates by 40% on sites) Here's how the automation works: → Firecrawl scrapes product photos from any e-commerce collection page →

For the first time ever, starting next Thursday, 01/01/2026, non-Saudis will be allowed to own real estate in Saudi Arabia🇸🇦, including residential, commercial, agricultural, and industrial properties. Buyers investing SAR 4M (≈$1.07M) will receive permanent residency.

So I'm crafting content for a small book and course over this winter break - heck why not? Topic not yet public! Yesterday was day 0. I’ll be documenting my naive shot at this - because again, why not? Maybe it can cajole others to give a go? At minimum I can get some