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Notes on building software, entrepreneurship, investing, and living deliberately. Every article lives here on my own site.
I Built a One-Touch Sonos Remote in 30 Minutes
One touch to group every speaker, and a physical fader for group volume.
How Simulator Crashes Helped Me Prepare for a Race Track
Deliberate crashes in a professional simulator showed me which corners left no room for recovery on the real Algarve circuit.
3 Cost-Cutting Steps I Learned Running a 100-Person Company
Even with AI it is hard to increase income.
Elon says apps and phones die in 5 years. I already work that way.
He says apps and the OS go away.
Today, I analyzed my 1.5-hour Padel session in 3 steps
By talking to my phone:
How a Weekend App I Built for My Wife Became $2,500/Month in Passive Income
A weekend project for my wife turned into $2,500 per month passive income.
I switched away from vscode. cmux is my main driver now.
multiple ghostty terminals
I stopped typing. Dictation finally works in 2026.
Dictation is human, that’s how we speak. The keyboard was always a workaround.
AI Agent Switching Costs Are Basically Zero Now
I moved Hermes from Discord to a self-hosted Buzz relay and kept every chat on my own machine.
I Paid $350 for a Writing Course and Went Viral on the Last Day
30 days ago, I started an online writing course from Dickie Bush and Nicolas Cole.
My Wife Made €1,500 on Vinted. I Told Her to Give the Clothes Away.
My wife started using Vinted recently and made over €1,500 selling clothes.
I Bought an Abandoned SaaS for $1,250 and Earned It Back in Weeks
In 2024, I built an AI room design app, but I had zero traffic.
5 Lessons I Learned From Buying a SaaS That Went to Zero
I bought a SaaS for $8,000. Eight months later, the revenue was zero.
Senior Devs Should Do a Coding Week Without AI
Coding now is like painting. It's a hobby.
3 Reasons to Measure Your Life in Weeks, Not Years
Would you live differently if your entire life fit on a single sheet of paper?
Why It's Great for Every Founder to Have Fierce AI Competition
When I started my company back in 2007, we had to use the operating system Windows.
3 Reasons Why I Think Everyone Should Read How Not to Die
How Not to Die by Michael Greger is the best book ever written on health. If you've read it, then you know exactly what I'm talking about. But if you haven't, here's why:
My 3 Reasons to Rent Instead of Buying a Property in 2026
After years of owning property, I found myself happily paying rent again.
I'm Selling Every Investment Property I Own: Here's What I Wish I'd Known Before Buying Them
After 13 years, three countries, and one problem too many, I'm selling every investment property I own.
3 Reasons Why Every Overthinking Dev Should Start Writing
If you're a dev who overthinks everything, writing might be the fix your brain is missing.
Time in the Market Beat My Fear of Timing It
I bought my first ETF at a market high and was down for two years. Time in the market did the rest.
I Moved From Austria to Portugal. Here Are the Tax Traps I Wish Every Long-Term Investor Knew Before Moving Countries
What my move from Austria to Portugal taught me about exit taxes, wealth taxes, and NHR.
How I Stay Invested When the Market Looks Overvalued
Why I'm not reducing my positions, and how I stay calm through the noise.
The People Who Have Influenced Me in Investing
Charles Ellis, Benjamin Graham, and John Bogle — and the ideas that stuck.
3 Things I Had to Unlearn Before Shipping "Garbage" and Growing MRR
Ugly emojis, charging from day one, and trusting builders with real revenue.
Not Moving Countries Is Like Never Switching Phone Plans: You Pay More for the Same Thing
I switched phone plans every year.
How I Built a Habit of Reading 16 Books a Year
Over the last 20 years, I built a habit of reading books.
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