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WRITING

Sharp essays for people who ship. Mostly about AI, attention, and the systems underneath the hype. Written in English and Spanish.

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The AI Works. The Company Doesn't.

More than 80% of companies now use AI, and around 95% of them cannot point to a single dollar of return. The tool is not the problem. Here is why AI dies inside companies, and why that same tool is the cleanest edge a solo builder has ever had.

OpinionAIIndie
8 min read

Boredom Is a Moat

Phones train brains to bail at minute six. Almost nothing worth learning fits in six minutes. The gap between those two facts is the closest thing to a free moat available right now.

OpinionCultureProductivity
10 min read

Attention Is Currency

A concert made it obvious. Attention became a currency with an exchange rate and tiers of access most people can't see. Here's how the mechanism works and how to use the information.

OpinionCultureSocial Media
7 min read

Both Doors Are Closing

Jobs used to reject you for no experience. Hackathons were the fix. Now even hackathons reject you. TreeHacks took 8.3%, entry-level tech postings hit a five-year low, and 37% of employers say they'd rather 'hire' AI than a new grad. Here's what to do about it.

OpinionCareerIndie
9 min read

The Numbers Game

4.5 million fake GitHub stars. 19% of Twitter accounts are spam. 51% of internet traffic is bots. Stop measuring your progress against numbers that were never real.

OpinionIndieSocial Media
5 min read

The System Is Rigged Against Small Builders

I got suspended by Meta for no reason. Twitter Ads delivered 122 impressions for the same budget that got me 27,000 on Meta. The ad platforms are broken for indie builders.

OpinionIndieMarketing
12 min read

Build Your Own VPN in 15 Minutes

Stop paying for VPN subscriptions and take full control of your privacy. Here's how to set up your own VPN server for $4/month.

TutorialPrivacyDevOps
6 min read

Building Meowsic: AI-Powered Radio for Everyone

How I built a platform that lets anyone create their own AI-hosted radio station, from concept to launch.

AINext.jsProduct
8 min read

The State of Web Development: A Talk for Students

Notes from my university talk about modern web development, AI impact on developers, and practical career advice.

CareerWeb DevAI
5 min read

From Accenture to Web3: Why I Made the Jump

Four years in enterprise taught me how to build at scale. Then I left to build what I actually believed in.

CareerWeb3Personal