April 15, 2026Snap Cut 1,000 Jobs After AI Took Over 65% of Its CodeSnap cut 1,000 jobs (16% of staff) and the stock popped 9%. The tell is in Evan Spiegel's memo: AI now writes 65% of Snap's new code, and the market loves it.7 min read · AITechLayoffsEngineering→
April 1, 2026Coinbase Crypto Market Structure DealThis is the news that we all have been waiting for. I am really excited to hear about the details. The biggest concern was yield on stablecoin. So good to hear 5 min read · CryptoRegulationCoinbaseStablecoinsMarket Structure→
March 27, 2026Crypto-Backed Mortgage: Run the Numbers Before You SignCoinbase and Better launched crypto-backed conforming mortgages. I ran the numbers on premiums vs capital gains tax so you can decide if it fits your situation.11 min read · CryptoReal EstateCoinbasePersonal Finance→
March 18, 2026SEC Classifies SOL as Non-SecurityThis is a massive news. It also includes tokens like Bitcoin, Dogecoin, Ether, XRP, total of 14 coins as digital commodities. AKA, they are not securities. I am5 min read · CryptoSolanaSEC RegulationWeb3→
March 17, 2026AI Tools for Indie Hackers: What I Actually Pay ForA solo founder's honest breakdown of AI tools for indie hackers — real costs, real use cases for DocAPI and FarmPosts, and what I dropped.7 min read · AIIndie HackingToolsSolo Founder→
March 17, 2026Your Landlord Is Betting You Won't Read the ContractAI contract review takes 5 minutes. One tenant ran their 47-page lease through Claude and found $6,200 in overcharges. Here's exactly how to do it.7 min read · AILegal TechTenant RightsClaude→
March 17, 2026Generate PDF Reports from AutoGen Agents with DocAPIAutoGen agents can research, reason, and write — but producing a PDF requires extra plumbing. Here's how to wire DocAPI into an AutoGen function so your agents can generate polished PDF reports autonomously.6 min read · AIAutoGenDocAPIAgents→
March 17, 2026Building in Public: The Complete PlaybookThe operational system for building in public that actually works — scheduling, content categories, what to share, and how to use it for distribution.10 min read · Building in PublicIndie HackingDistributionContent Strategy→
March 17, 2026Generate PDF Reports from CrewAI Agents with DocAPICrewAI crews are great at multi-agent research and writing — but they can't produce PDFs without extra plumbing. Here's how to wire DocAPI into a CrewAI tool so your crew can generate polished PDF reports autonomously.7 min read · AICrewAIDocAPIAgents→
March 17, 2026HTTP 402 Payment Required: The Status Code AI Agents Have Been Waiting ForHTTP 402 was defined in RFC 1945 in 1996 and never standardized. AI agents with crypto wallets are the use case that finally makes it matter.7 min read · AICryptoAPIsAgent Economy→
March 17, 2026Indie Hacker AI Products: How to Build and Ship in 2026How to build an AI product as a solo indie hacker in 2026 — a complete guide to stack, pricing, distribution, and real lessons from building DocAPI.13 min read · AIIndie HackingDocAPISolo FounderStartupsEssential→
March 17, 2026Indie Hacker Revenue Report: DocAPI and FarmPostsMy indie hacker revenue report for March 2026 — real early-stage numbers for DocAPI and FarmPosts, what worked, what didn't, and what's next.8 min read · Indie HackingDocAPIRevenueBuilding in Public→
March 17, 2026Junior Software Engineer in the AI Era: Stop Panicking, Start BuildingBeing a junior software engineer in the AI era is hard — but not for the reason you think. The execution layer is gone. Here's what to do instead.9 min read · AICareerEngineeringIndie Hacking→
March 17, 2026Generate PDF Reports from LlamaIndex Agents with DocAPILlamaIndex agents can query documents, reason over data, and synthesize answers — but producing a PDF requires extra plumbing. Here's how to wire DocAPI into a LlamaIndex FunctionTool so your agent can generate polished PDF reports autonomously.6 min read · AILlamaIndexDocAPIAgents→
March 17, 2026OpenAI Launches GPT-5.4 Mini and NanoOpenAI's GPT-5.4 Mini and Nano are purpose-built for coding, computer use, and cheap inference — and they change the economics of building AI agents.5 min read · AIOpenAILLMsAgent Architecture→
March 17, 2026OpenAI Signs AWS Deal for US Government AI SalesOpenAI partnered with AWS — not Azure — to sell AI to the US government, beating Anthropic despite Amazon's investment in Anthropic. Distribution won this deal.5 min read · AIOpenAIAWSGovernment TechAnthropic→
March 17, 2026Student Turns $1K to $1.5M Using Anthropic AI on PolymarketA student executed 44,000 trades on Polymarket using Anthropic's AI and turned $1,000 into $1.5 million. The bottleneck is now the human holding the prompt.5 min read · AIPolymarketCryptoQuant TradingAnthropic→
March 16, 2026DocAPI vs Puppeteer: Why I Stopped Managing ChromiumIf you need a Puppeteer alternative that works on Lambda and Vercel without a 150MB binary, here's what I switched to after two years in production.8 min read · EngineeringDocAPIPuppeteerPDF Generation→
March 16, 2026Generate PDF Reports from LangChain Agents with DocAPILangChain agents can research and write. They can't produce PDFs without a human in the loop — unless you give them the right tool. Here's how to wire DocAPI into a LangChain agent so it can generate polished PDF reports autonomously.6 min read · AILangChainDocAPIAgents→
March 13, 2026How $50,000,000 Vanished in a Single Blockchain TransactionDeFi security risks explained: how $50M vanished in one transaction via slippage and MEV attacks, who profited, and how to avoid the same mistake.7 min read · cryptoDeFiBlockchain→
March 10, 2026You Have About Two YearsAI agents are a platform shift like mobile and cloud. The window for early movers is open now — and it won't stay open long. Here's what to do.10 min read · AIEssential→
March 10, 2026Amazon AI Code OutagesAmazon's AI coding outages were a process problem, not a tools problem. How to adopt AI coding reliably without sacrificing production stability.7 min read · AI→
March 9, 2026Paying $6,000 for Something You Could Set Up for FreeA company called SetupClaw is charging $6,000 to install OpenClaw on a Mac Mini. It sounds ridiculous. It's also a completely rational business.5 min read · AIbuilding→
March 9, 2026Stablecoins Are the Killer AppJack Dorsey just admitted Block will support stablecoins despite hating the idea. He's right to give in. Here's why stablecoins are the most useful thing crypto has ever produced.4 min read · AI→
March 5, 2026Never Lie About Your BusinessIndie hacker lesson: a founder lied about revenue to a journalist and it became a public record. Why transparency is a competitive advantage.6 min read · buildingIndie HackingStartups→
March 4, 2026Why I'm Bullish on Agentic-First APIsAgents are becoming the primary API consumers. Most APIs aren't built for them — no programmatic registration, no crypto billing. Here's why that matters.5 min read · AIbuildingEssential→
March 4, 2026Your CS Degree Isn't Worthless. Your Plan Is.Is a CS degree worth it in 2025? The degree is fine. The plan that came with it — get degree, get job, write code — is broken. Here's what to do instead.6 min read · careerAIIndie Hacking→
March 4, 2026The New Currency of Professional Success: Why Perception Beats Qualification in the Age of AIThe skills that took years to build — AI can replicate at 80% quality in 8% of the time. Here's what that means for your career.7 min read · career→
March 4, 2026Shipping Before You're ReadyThe version in your head will never exist. Why shipping before you're ready always beats waiting — and what to do when you're scared to launch.3 min read · shipping→
February 15, 2026Why I Build in PublicShipping publicly changes how you work. Here's what two years of building in the open has taught me.2 min read · buildingshipping→