The journal.
- 3 min readAug 17, 2026Real-world experience won't grow your blog by itself
I'm starting a new category here called Opinion. The idea is simple: I find a question someone else asked publicly, and I answer it the way I'd answer it at a b…
- 4 min readAug 16, 2026$12, a typo, and the dumbest website I've built
Last night I was doing overdue admin, closing tabs on old accounts I'd half forgotten existed, and I logged into a PayPal account I hadn't touched in years. App…
- 3 min readAug 15, 2026Spacemail outage: stay or go?
Spaceship's house was on fire not long ago. The moment Spacemail's outage hit, I couldn't stop myself from writing about it. That post pulled the most traffic I…
- 3 min readAug 14, 2026Planning for September: update #8
I'm on track with everything I planned so far. The MVP for my flagship micro-SaaS is live, and I just did a final sanity check on the site before going all out…
- 3 min readAug 13, 2026Spacemail is down, and I blame them, but mostly myself
A few months ago I ditched Google Workspace and Google Mail entirely . I moved everything to iCloud Mail (custom domains), plus Spaceship for the rest. Spacemai…
- 5 min readAug 13, 2026Pinterest strategy: I finally figured out my content plan
For almost two weeks, I kept circling the same question: how I approach my social media planning and distribution. I'm genuinely bad at it, and I suck at planni…
- 8 min readAug 12, 2026My MVP is ready. I still don't have a marketing plan.
As the title says. And by design, I wasn't going to think about marketing or client acquisition until I finished the final stages of my docs editor MVP. I've me…
- 4 min readAug 11, 2026Flex x Cop season 2 is here, and I finally have a reason to open Disney+ again
I had my mind set on rewatching 90s movies this August, mostly because I hadn't been thrilled with what Disney+, HBO, and Netflix have been adding lately. Not l…
- 4 min readAug 10, 2026I'm finally considering visiting my country of birth
For years I've thought about going back to Indonesia without ever really meaning it. I never had the real drive to pull the trigger. I have zero emotional conne…