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May 2025

100+ Newsletters Later: A Journey of Curiosity, Consistency, and Conversation
In November 2019, I signed up for Substack — not with a plan, but with curiosity.
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Not Everything Has an API: Life Outside the Prompt
Spend enough time in tech circles, and you’ll meet them—smart, thoughtful people who genuinely believe AI is on track to replace everything…
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The Vibe Coding Fantasy — Tools Don’t Build Products, People Do
We’re back in familiar territory:
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Should You Launch a Lifetime Deal?
Here’s What Most Founders Get Wrong
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Side Hustles: The Truth Behind the Hype
I’ve noticed more people in my feed getting caught up in side hustle hype.
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April 2025

Stop Over-Optimizing: The Productivity Trap That’s Keeping You Unproductive
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how easy it is to get stuck optimizing your life instead of actually living it. You know what I mean—spending…
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One Year Later: New Books, Fresh Insights, and Lessons
About a year ago, I wrote about three books—The Psychology of Money, Sapiens, and Antifragile—that changed a lot.
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Will AI Really Take Over? Are Worms Beating Our Billion-Dollar AI?
Another big shift is happening—maybe the biggest yet.
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🎭 The Curious Story of April Fools' Day: When the World Agreed to Be Silly
For over 40 years, I never asked myself why we do April Fools’ Day on April 1st or where it comes from.
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