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The Future of AI-Assisted Craftsmanship

The workflow shift that AI watermarking could accelerate.

The Six Reasons VCs Pulled Back From Games

VCs still believe in games. They just no longer believe most game studios fit the venture model.

The Danger of Feeling Safe After Raising Money

Why founders struggle to scale when they finally have the opportunity of a lifetime?

I Have 4,500 Notes. I Barely Write Any of Them.

I moved five years of notes out of Roam, then mostly stopped typing. Here's what happened.

What Happens When Startups Need Less Capital?

The venture firms that thrive in the next decade may not be the ones with the most capital, but the ones that provide something AI cannot.

AI Made Being Wrong Cheap

The real advantage of AI for game founders is not building faster. It is finding the pivot before you burn the runway.

The End of Finland’s Craft Era in Mobile Games

The Finnish games industry did not decline because mobile became impossible. It declined because the market started rewarding a different kind of company.

The Shift From App Stores to Personal App Systems

The App Store model still works. But a parallel model is emerging where you build software only for yourself.

AI Can't Read Fun

AI does the math. Humans do the judging. A breakdown of the three modes of level design.

Launch Day — My Sleep Book For Entrepreneurs

Sharing the behind-the-scenes on how I utilized Claude Code to publish the book.