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Featured Nov 21, 2025

Day 1: The Day Everything Changed

Laid off yesterday. Building my own future today. This is what happens when a system-builder finally commits to the only thing that's ever made him whole.

8 min read

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Nov 30, 2025 - 10 min read

GitHub Pages + Jekyll: The $4/Month Marketing Site Stack

How to deploy professional marketing sites for multiple projects using GitHub Pages, Jekyll, and Cloudflare Workers. No WordPress. No hosting bills. Just static sites that work.

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Nov 23, 2025 - 12 min read

Building a Link Shortener with Cloudflare Workers

How I built FlowLink's redirect service to achieve sub-50ms response times globally with zero infrastructure cost.

Cloudflare Performance FlowLink

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Nov 21, 2025 - 8 min read

Day 1: The Day Everything Changed

Laid off yesterday. Building my own future today. This is what happens when a system-builder finally commits to the only thing that's ever made him whole.

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