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Engineering notes, product updates, and the philosophy behind owning your publishing stack. Written in markdown, naturally.

FEATURED_LOG_04 2026.04.01

Building Blurt Phase 1: Core Engine + API in 7 Days

How I built a 6-platform social publishing engine with filesystem queue, parallel publishing, and full HTTP API in one week. Rails 8, 139 tests, zero content database.

Build Log Engineering Rails 8
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MANIFESTO 2026.03.25

What I Learned Browsing 1,736 Dead Startups

1,736 YC-backed startups are dead. I read every single one. Here's what I found about timing, acqui-hires, and why social publishing is still broken.

Startups Publishing
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ENGINEERING 2026.03.26

Why Your Social Posts Should Be Files, Not Database Rows

Every social scheduling tool stores your content in their database. When they disappear, so does your publishing history. Files fix this.

Architecture Ownership
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COMPARISON 2026.03.20

Open-Source Buffer Alternatives in 2026

Buffer charges $6/channel/month and owns your data. Here are three open-source alternatives with honest pros and cons.

Tools Comparison
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