A few months ago my kids started vibecoding little web games with Cursor and wanted their friends to play them. GitHub Pages was fine until the games needed real backends, so I hacked together a setup where each game was a folder in one repo that deployed to a Hetzner box on ever…↗

I've been in the process of building a custom home for 5 years. Bought the land in 2021. Got the building permit this year. Haven't started construction yet. During those 5 years, I accumulated thousands of emails with dozens of architects, engineers, surveyors, contractors, gov…↗

About $500 in Opus 4.6 tokens and $50 in GPT 5.4. This included a couple of re-runs as I refined the prompt. Eventually used GPT 5.4 to refine the results, dedupe some events, tighten descriptions, etc. But the first shot was good enough and it was certainly < $100. Probably GPT…↗

If I were making online courses today, I'd position them as training for AI agents. Teach your agent how to grow on Substack, file your taxes, do keyword research, run Google ads, etc. Agents need to learn from practitioners, not Reddit randos.↗

Small Bets is joining Gumroad! Yes, I sold Small Bets. I’m going to keep running it myself, but Gumroad is now the 100% owner. It’s a good deal for me, and it should only bring more benefits to the community. Details - $3.6M sale price. - 50% cash / 50% stock options. - Cash…↗

How I made $200,000 with Unlimited Consultations Earlier this year, I tried something a little different: I started offering one-on-one consulting to members of the Small Bets community. But I put a twist on it. Instead of charging for my time by the hour, or per session, or per…↗

Hit $1M in revenue 3yrs into self-employment: • twitter course: $287,513 • small bets community: $284,030 • gumroad ¼ pm: $205,004 • aws book: $144,036 • p&l membership: $46,820 • userbase: $12,336 • freelancing: $10,004 • affiliate fees: $6,048 • cutting boards: $4,495↗

- You read 100 books. 99 are meh, 1 changes your life. - You try 100 things. 99 don't work, 1 changes your life. - You meet 100 people. 99 you never see again, 1 changes your life. Life is more random than it seems. Act accordingly.↗

Everyone wants to decouple time from money. The problem? It's an extremely unpredictable way to make a living. For every successful creator, there are thousands who make nothing or almost nothing. So, how do you make the unpredictable, predictable? Here's what I learned:↗

My favorite books and my main takeaway: Punished by Rewards — People hate being controlled with carrots & sticks, and only intrinsic motivation lasts. Man's Search for Meaning — A good life is a story you're proud of. 4 Hour Work Week — Design your own lifestyle, step by step.↗

2000 customers @ $39/month is almost $1M/year. If your software can handle 2000 customers, you can worry about scalability once the $1M/year is flowing in. Scalability doesn’t get you cutomers. First have customers, then worry about scalability. The order matters.↗

If you’re a programmer, you can: - Make SaaS products - Write eBooks - Make apps - Create video courses - Do freelancing - Give live training - Do paid support - Publish a paid newsletter If you accumulate $325/day from doing many of these at the same time, you’ll make $10K/mo.↗

2000 customers @ $39/month is almost $1M/year. - You don't need to dominate the market. - You don't need to disrupt anything. - You don't need to conquer the competition. You can add 1 new customer/day & before you know it, you'll have a $1M/yr machine. Wouldn't that be enough?↗