Sharing my journey as an entrepreneurial web developer

The Townhouse in the Middle

A few days ago, I left you with a bit of a cliffhanger. But the post resonated well with you – so, I am back, sharing what's been going

Rebuilding the Magic Pages Infrastructure in Public

You know that feeling of wanting to change something that's running perfectly? Well, I do. But quite honestly, this is not that kind of a story. It'

ActivityPub, again?

Yes, another ActivityPub post. You might remember my last attempt: Trying to get ActivityPub running as wellI just read Cathy’s blog post about getting ActivityPub started: Getting ActivityPub running.

Incorporating Magic Pages

Running Magic Pages has been an incredible journey so far. It started as a side project, and now consistently makes more money than my full time job. So, it'

Not For Scale? How I replaced NFS storage on Magic Pages

As most of you know, I am running Magic Pages, a managed Ghost CMS hosting platform. And if you've followed this blog, you might also remember that for

A Tale of Self Sabotage

I still remember. Around two weeks ago, when I was sitting on the very couch I am writing this blog, I thought I was super smart. Learned a new technology

Trying to get ActivityPub running as well

I just read Cathy's blog post about getting ActivityPub started: Getting ActivityPub running... well, not yet.Spectral Web ServicesCathy Sarisky, Ghost Expert Since I want to get ActivityPub

Winter Database Clean-Up

Imagine you're running a restaurant. When you first start, you have a single fridge in the kitchen. As you grow and add more dishes to your menu, you

Can you copy-paste yourself to success?

MRR goes brr

So, it happened. Magic Pages just hit the $1,000 MRR milestone! Or, for those of you who haven't been indoctrinated by the Twitter hustle culture: $1,000

An Apple a day...

"Wow, you're getting rid of your last Apple device?" – that's what my wife asked me the other day, when I told her about my