Dustin’s Latest Blogs ✍️
Lessons, thoughts, hard truths, and stories of an entrepreneur just trying to make the world better.
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The Automation Tax: Why OpenClaw and Vibe Coding Will Cost You More Than You Think
The most expensive software you’ll ever use is the kind you built yourself. That’s not a typo. I know it sounds backwards. Building…
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Why Magai Will Never Have an API (And Why That’s the Point)
If you’re hoping Magai will one day release a public API, I’m going to save you the wait: it’s not happening. Not next…
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The Anxiety Storm: What Nobody Tells You About Building Something That Matters
Nobody talks about the Saturday afternoons. They’ll tell you about the funding rounds, the product launches, the viral moments, the milestone revenue numbers.…
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AIO Is Not Killing SEO: The Person Who Told You That Is a Fraud
Either they’re lying to you, or they don’t know what they’re talking about. Either way, you should stop listening to them. I know…
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Why “Experts” Are Addicted to Complexity
Complexity is a drug and business owners are the addicts. For a massive chunk of the professional world, a cluttered interface doesn’t look…
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Vibe Coding Is the New Sourdough Starter—And It’ll End the Same Way
Everyone’s baking bread again. Except this time, they’re calling it “vibe coding.” AI-powered platforms like Loveable, Replit, Bolt, and v0 are letting people…
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How I Built a Billion-Dollar Board of Directors Using AI (And You Can Too)
Every entrepreneur secretly wishes they had Warren Buffett on speed dial. We fantasize about grabbing coffee with Jeff Bezos to discuss our next…
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The 1:17 AM Advantage: Why Obsession (Sometimes) Beats Balance
Sleep is usually the single most important productivity hack in your arsenal. It repairs the brain. It resets the body. It prepares you…
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The “AI Bubble” Take Is the Laziest Argument in Tech
The people screaming “AI bubble!” are the same people who said the internet was a fad in 1995. And they’ll be just as…
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Stop Outsourcing Your Brain: Why Critical Thinking is the Only Skill That Matters Now
AI is the most dangerous “Yes Man” you will ever hire. I run an AI platform. I love this tech. I built Magai…
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Fortune Favors the Bold (Why Playing It Safe is the Most Dangerous Strategy)
Playing it safe is the most dangerous thing you can do right now. We live in a world where “security” is a myth…
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OpenAI Just Called “Code Red”—And Why I Saw It Coming
OpenAI is panicking. There is no polite way to say it. The undisputed king of the AI hill just sent out a frantic…