Indie Ops

The Real Cost of AI Isn't the Price Tag

The Real Cost of AI Isn't the Price Tag

Everyone says AI costs too much. They said the same thing about running cable across the ocean floor. The cost was real. The return made it irrelevant

Mar 30, 2026
6 min
beginner
ai
infrastructure
cost-curve
indie-ops
You're Using AI to Write Code, That's the Smallest Thing It Can Do

You're Using AI to Write Code, That's the Smallest Thing It Can Do

Everyone's using AI to write code faster. But code generation is table stakes. The developers pulling ahead are the ones using AI where they didn't think to use it.

Mar 26, 2026
5 min
beginner
ai
developer-skills
code-quality
decision-making
productivity
How LinkedIn Silently Killed My Reach, Denied It Three Times, and Only Fixed It When I Mentioned GDPR

How LinkedIn Silently Killed My Reach, Denied It Three Times, and Only Fixed It When I Mentioned GDPR

My LinkedIn impressions dropped from 10k to under 50 overnight. Support said nothing was wrong. Three weeks and a GDPR data access request later, the issue was suddenly "resolved"

Mar 25, 2026
8 min
beginner
linkedin
gdpr
shadow-ban
developer-marketing