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Self-hosting in 2026
A few years ago, self-hosting was a Linux-nerd hobby. In 2026 it's a $5/mo VPS, Coolify, an install flow, and a serious IndieWeb movement that's finally addressing creators with a domain, not just engineers.
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WYPIWYG: the FrontPage of our times
In middle school, Microsoft FrontPage opened the door to my career by pointing me at the language underneath. AI is doing the same now. Vibe code without guilt, but read what it writes.
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I removed a glow but kept the purple
A federal judge had to rule that em dashes weren't enough to prove a student used AI. The same flattening is hitting design now. Why I cut a glow on Beacon and kept the purple, and how I tell which design choices to defend.
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We're not the only ones saying this
Tyler Denk runs Beehiiv. He's making the same ownership argument I keep making about link-in-bio, just from inside a $100M competitor to Substack. That's not coincidence; it's a category emerging.
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Why I left Resend for Plunk
I migrated my email infrastructure off Resend, landed on Plunk, and built an open-source MCP server to close the last gap. Notes on the pricing curve, the open-source piece, and why this is the same story as everything else on this site.
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The dependency I shipped on purpose
Beacon's Twitch tile depends on a free, unofficial scraper called decapi.me. Here's why I shipped it knowing the dependency could disappear tomorrow.
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Renting my online life
Every time I close a tab on another subscription notification, I notice the pattern. Nothing I've built online actually belongs to me.
