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Decide What Gets Cut Before The Week Goes Bad
The ranking takes one minute. What stings is what it tells you about the project you keep cutting.
Sep 13
The Six Words From Hatchet That Keep Me Moving
The sentence that gets me moving on a bad night, and the cost of using it that way.
Sep 9
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August 2026
I canceled four projects. I didn’t close any of them.
On Sunday morning, The Stacks was still running on my Mac mini.
Aug 30
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Why I Copy My Tasks By Hand Every Morning (Even Though Todoist Already Has Them)
54,000 completed Todoist tasks, and I still write the important ones on paper.
Aug 26
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I Automated My Podcast Backlog With Whisper and a Local LLM
I still hate deleting an episode I never played. Now it leaves something behind.
Aug 23
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The real reason I switched from Apple Notes to Obsidian
At the end of March 2026, I was still selecting a month’s worth of daily journal notes in Apple Notes and moving them into a folder by hand.
Aug 19
July 2026
The Paper Clip Strategy Only Works for One Kind of Thing
A 23-year-old stockbroker, two jars, and 120 paper clips. The cheapest habit system I know can beat the app on your phone.
Jul 28
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Running LLMs locally on Apple Silicon
You probably already own the hardware. Here’s what to do with it.
Jul 23
n8n vs Zapier for Solo Creators: What I Actually Use and Why
What a solo creator actually needs from automation, and what I run.
Jul 8
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Phantom Obligation: The Guilt of a Promise Nobody Assigned You
The quiet guilt of a promise nobody assigned you.
Jul 3
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Phantom Obligation Release Checklist
A phantom obligation is a promise to yourself no one else is waiting on, yet it creates background guilt whenever seen. This checklist turns that guilt…
Jul 2
Obsidian Bases: The Feature That Finally Makes Me Stop Opening Notion
The feature that finally got me to close Notion for good.
Jul 1
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