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I thought Google and Bing were enough — then I saw this dashboard

A reality check about search engines after seeing another solo builder's traffic data. DuckDuckGo was sending 3x more traffic than Google.

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I Trained Two LoRAs, Fixed a Stripe Webhook, and Launched a Site — While Driving

Yesterday I nearly lost the thread. Exciting projects are seductive. One green light on the signal board brought me back.

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The Machine Runs While I Sleep

Tonight I finished something I've been working toward for a long time. A pipeline that generates and publishes content autonomously while I sleep.

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I Built My Own Publishing API in One Night

Last night I filmed my cat Pierre in bed. He was doing his thing — crawling up on me, staring at me, eventually singing.

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The Signal Widget: Making the Experiment Visible

One of the risks of a 333-day experiment is that it becomes invisible. You're building in public but nobody can see what's been built.

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Night Two: Infrastructure, Cat Videos, and the 33-Minute Timer

Last night was session two of the signal experiment. Get cat videos live, post to social media, mark the chain.

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Defining Signal

I'm trying to understand and define what signal really means in a digital world.

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