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Tech, and Life.
Writing online since 2008.
Selling Digital Products — The VAT Problem Nobody Talks About
There is a moment every digital product seller eventually hits. You've set up your product. You've written the description. You've connected a payment method…
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How Niching Down Really Works (It's Not What You Think)
"Pick a niche." That's one of the first things anyone tells you when you start writing online. Focus on one thing. Become the go-to person for that thing. Le…
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Replace Notion With AI — How I Rebuilt My Entire Productivity Stack
For years, I was a productivity app person. Notion was the hub. Zapier ran automations in the background. Make handled the edge cases. Google Sheets picked u…
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Germany Makes the Open Document Format Mandatory. What It Means
What happened Germany's federal government passed a set of digital infrastructure rules called the Deutschland-Stack. One of the key decisions: all official …
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Ads on Paid Subscriptions. How Streaming, Windows, and YouTube Broke the Deal
The original deal For most of the internet's history, there was a simple arrangement. You use the product for free. In return, you see ads. The ads pay for e…
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How Long Should a Blog Post Be in 2026
I have about 2,000 articles across Medium and Substack. Some are 500 words. Some are 3,500. A few crossed the 5,000-word mark because I thought thoroughness …
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How to Publish on Multiple Platforms Without Killing Your SEO
I run three publishing channels. Medium for income. Substack for the newsletter audience. A self-hosted blog for search traffic. Every article I write ends u…
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Social Media for Writers. Why I Stopped and What I Do Instead
The honest version I've been writing online since 2007. In that time, I've tried every social media platform that existed. Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Link…
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Apple Business Tools 2026. Free MDM, Gemini Access, and the Siri Overhaul
Apple Business tools are now free and global For years, Apple's business tools were split across three separate services. Apple Business Manager handled app …
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Does Your Website Need a Cookie Banner? (EU, UK, US Rules Explained)
Webdesign 2026. You open a website. Before you can read a single word, a popup asks you to accept cookies, reject cookies, or manually configure 47 sub-categ…
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Website Pricing in the Age of AI (What's Fair in 2026)
"$300 for a website? That's vibe-coding garbage." "At that price, the work can't take more than 30 minutes." "You get what you pay for." Web design pricing i…
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The Complete Substack SEO Strategy for Writers Who Want Search Traffic
Most Substack writers treat their publication like a newsletter. Write something, send it, hope people open it. That works for a while. But there's a second …
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Substack Notes Has Native Scheduling Now. That Changes Things.
Substack just added native scheduling for Notes. You can now write a Note, pick a date and time, and it goes out when you want it to. No third-party tool nee…
Read articleMacBook Neo 2027 — What to Expect From Apple's Budget Laptop
The MacBook Neo launched in March 2026 at $599 with an A18 Pro chip and 8GB of RAM. It's the cheapest MacBook Apple has ever made. And it sparked more debate…
Read articleFlutter for Web Developers — How AI Bridges the Gap
My background is web. HTML since the late 90s. CSS, JavaScript, PHP. A few years ago, React. That's the mental model I think in. The box model. Flexbox. DOM …
Read articleBuilding Apps With AI as a Solo Developer — What Actually Changed
I wrote a few months back that AI coding is changing everything right now. I stand by that. But that was the broad view. The actual experience of building Fl…
Read articleBest Tools for Solo Creators in 2026 — My Entire Business Runs on These 7
I've been a tool person my whole life. I try everything. Love it. Notion, Bear, Obsidian, Ulysses, iA Writer, Craft, Drafts. I've set up dashboards. I've con…
Read articleFree Marketing for Writers — My $0 Stack That Actually Works
I spend $0 on marketing. Not a cent on ads, not a monthly fee for an email tool, not a dime on landing page builders or social media schedulers. And my conte…
Read articleBest Mac Terminal Tools in 2026 — Homebrew, Claude Code, and More
For years, I didn't touch the Mac terminal. I was a Finder person. Drag files around, open apps from the dock, install things from the App Store. That was fi…
Read articleHow to Start Writing Online in 2026 (What I'd Do Differently After 20 Years)
Everyone tells you to just start. Nobody tells you where. After twenty years of writing online, here's the setup I'd choose if I had to start over tomorrow — platform, niche, rhythm, and the one mistake that costs most beginners their first year.
Read articleHow to Monetize a Newsletter in 2026 — I've Tried Every Revenue Stream
Paid subs, sponsors, affiliates, digital products, referrals — I've run the numbers on all of them. Some scale. Some don't. Here's what each one actually pays at different list sizes.
Read articleThe Best Mac Apps for Writers in 2026 — My Actual Daily Setup
Every 'best apps' list is too long and the author hasn't used half of them. These are the ten Mac apps on my machine right now — from Apple Notes to Claude Code. All of them earn their spot.
Read articleBest Blogging Platform for Writers in 2026 — I've Published on All Four
Ghost, WordPress, Substack, Medium — I've published on every one of them. They're built for different writers with different goals. Here's how to pick without switching three times first.
Read articleMedium vs Substack Earnings — I Ran the Numbers at Every Audience Size
At 500 readers, Medium wins. At 5,000, Substack pulls ahead. I compared both earnings models side by side — same audience, same effort, very different math.
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