Writing

Notes worth keeping.

Things I found interesting enough to write down: AI, attention, and building things alone. Most of them come in English and Spanish; pick your language at the top of each post.

2026

Jul 206 min read

I Ran an AI Soap Opera on Qwen Cloud for a Week. It Cost $0.36.

A builder's journal from the Qwen Cloud hackathon: building Qwen City, a 24/7 town of generative agents whose memories the audience can rewrite — and what the usage dashboard taught me about my own architecture.

May 309 min read

The AI Works. The Company Doesn't.

More than 80% of companies now use AI, and around 95% of them cannot point to a single dollar of return. The tool is not the problem. Here is why AI dies inside companies, and why that same tool is the cleanest edge a solo builder has ever had.

ENES

May 38 min read

Boredom Is a Moat

Phones train brains to bail at minute six. Almost nothing worth learning fits in six minutes. The gap between those two facts is the closest thing to a free moat available right now.

ENES

Apr 2410 min read

Attention Is Currency

A concert made it obvious. Attention became a currency with an exchange rate and tiers of access most people can't see. Here's how the mechanism works and how to use the information.

ENES

Apr 197 min read

Both Doors Are Closing

Jobs used to reject you for no experience. Hackathons were the fix. Now even hackathons reject you. TreeHacks took 8.3%, entry-level tech postings hit a five-year low, and 37% of employers say they'd rather 'hire' AI than a new grad. Here's what to do about it.

ENES

Apr 179 min read

The Numbers Game

4.5 million fake GitHub stars. 19% of Twitter accounts are spam. 51% of internet traffic is bots. Stop measuring your progress against numbers that were never real.

ENES

Mar 115 min read

The System Is Rigged Against Small Builders

I got suspended by Meta for no reason. Twitter Ads delivered 122 impressions for the same budget that got me 27,000 on Meta. The ad platforms are broken for indie builders.

ENES

Mar 1012 min read

Build Your Own VPN in 15 Minutes

Stop paying for VPN subscriptions and take full control of your privacy. Here's how to set up your own VPN server for $4/month.

ENES

2024

Dec 156 min read

Building Meowsic: AI-Powered Radio for Everyone

How I built a platform that lets anyone create their own AI-hosted radio station, from concept to launch.

Oct 88 min read

The State of Web Development: A Talk for Students

Notes from my university talk about modern web development, AI impact on developers, and practical career advice.

Aug 225 min read

From Accenture to Web3: Why I Made the Jump

Four years in enterprise taught me how to build at scale. Then I left to build what I actually believed in.