15 Minutes A Day: The Compounding ROI Of Relearning Touch Typing At 57
At 57, I relearned touch typing with 15 minutes a day on TypingClub. The speed bump was nice, but the real ROI came from treating my keyboard as a serious interface problem.
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Why I Still Rely On Tower For Git In The Era Of AI Coding
AI tools can write the CSS and scaffold components, but they do not own my Git history. I still rely on Tower because visual Git control is non-negotiable.
Why Dropping Out Of Art Academy Made Me A Better Front-End Developer
I dropped out of Art Academy and accidentally became a better front-end developer. Learning to see like a designer did more for my HTML and CSS than any JavaScript framework tutorial.
How I Use AI Agents As The Operating System Of My Digital Life
I stopped treating AI like a magic intern and started treating it like an operating system. This is how Littlebird and SureThing now run most of my digital life.
Why I Dropped MyFitnessPal And Switched To Eet Meter For Serious Calorie Tracking
I stopped using global calorie tracking apps and moved to the Dutch Eet Meter during a GLI trajectory. This is what actually worked with a real dietitian and real Dutch food.
20-Minute Kettlebell Complexes For Developers Who Sit All Day
How I use 20-minute kettlebell complexes and Seconds Pro to get 3–4 real training sessions a week without wrecking my back or my motivation. Built for developers who sit all day.
Sleep Architecture For Developers: The One Metric I Track Obsessively
I stopped trying to “sleep perfectly” and started tracking a single metric that actually predicts my coding output. This is how I use sleep architecture as a builder, without turning my life into a lab experiment.
My No-BS Morning Routine After 6 Months Of Experiments
I stress-tested a bunch of morning routines for 6 months while shipping client work, coaching baseball, and trying to stay sane. This is what actually stuck.
Why I Built A Side Project Nobody Asked For (And Shipped It Anyway)
I built a side project absolutely nobody asked for and shipped it anyway. This is how building in public and shipping for myself changed how I work.
3 Months Of AI-Generated Blog Posts: What The Data Actually Says
I ran a three‑month experiment using AI to publish blog posts on autopilot. This is the actual traffic, workflow, screwups, and what I’d change next.
Coaching U12 Baseball In The Netherlands Taught Me More About Feedback Than Any Tech Job
Coaching U12 baseball in the Netherlands punched holes in how I thought about feedback and improvement. The same patterns show up in engineering teams, just with fewer grass stains.
My Exact Apple Health Stack After Dropping Whoop (AutoSleep + Bevel + Apple Watch)
I cancelled my Whoop subscription and rebuilt the recovery stack with Apple Watch, AutoSleep, and Bevel. Here is the exact setup, the metrics I track, and what I actually lost.