OpenWorkers: Self-Hosted Cloudflare Workers in Rust
OpenWorkers is an open‑source runtime that lets developers execute Cloudflare Workers‑compatible JavaScript on their own servers using Rust’s rusty_v8 V8 isolates. The platform provides familiar bindings such as KV storage, PostgreSQL, S3/R2, and full fetch/Web API support, along with built‑in cron scheduling and resource limits per worker. Deployment is streamlined to a single PostgreSQL instance and a Docker Compose file, removing the need for Cloudflare’s managed edge network. The project aims to deliver edge‑style compute without vendor lock‑in or per‑request fees.
True Success: 15‑20 Years Building Iconic Ventures
Serial entrepeneur is good Even better is putting in the 15-20 years it likely takes to build something iconic that lasts
Leverage the Fresh Start Effect for Immediate Success
Happy 2026! Today is a great day to harness what behavioral scientists call The Fresh Start Effect. “The fresh start effect works because it aligns with human psychology. This is about working with, rather than against, our basic tendencies. We...
Meet the New Tech Laws of 2026
A cascade of state tech statutes will take effect in 2026, covering AI transparency, right‑to‑repair, cryptocurrency‑ATM safeguards, child‑focused privacy, and age‑verification mechanisms. California’s SB 53 mandates AI safety disclosures, while Colorado enforces comprehensive repair obligations and limits on crypto‑ATM transactions. The...
Bootstrapped $10M ARR: The SaaS Freedom Milestone
$10M ARR is the FU MONEY of SaaS. At $10M ARR bootstrapped, you and your co-founder clear $1M+/year in salary and dividends easily. You can sell instantly for $30-40M. There are hundreds of EBITDA buyers at this level vs. a handful...
How To Overcome Survey Fatigue: Latest Research and Proven Tips for 2026
Survey fatigue is eroding the reliability of customer feedback as marketers flood respondents with frequent, lengthy surveys. Recent data shows response rates have fallen 15‑30% in the past five years, with surveys longer than 10‑15 minutes driving up to 40%...
AI Hires Need Operators, Not Traditional Leaders
In order to run a company, you HAVE to be an outstanding leader. At least according to conventional wisdom. But as it turns out - if you want to make an AI agent your next "employee" - classical leadership skills become...
It’s Time To Write Your First Business Book
The business book market remains robust, with U.S. publishing revenue reaching $32.5 billion in 2024 and print titles still accounting for the bulk of sales. Audiobooks are the fastest‑growing format, expanding 22.2 percent to $2.4 billion last year, adding a new consumption channel...
AI Browsers Won’t Overtake Chrome Amid Trust Concerns
Everyone keeps asking if AI browsers are about to replace Chrome. I don’t see it happening anytime soon. We already have browsers people trust. Unless someone builds something truly new and wild, most users aren’t switching. Google will just absorb...
How To Avoid A Website Redesign Failure
Website redesigns often fail because teams treat them as pure visual projects rather than integrated performance, acquisition, and lead‑generation systems. The article highlights that misaligned design priorities, neglected performance budgets, and incomplete SEO or analytics migrations can silently erode traffic,...
AI Labor Is Boring. AI Lust Is Big Business
Generative‑AI hype is fading, but erotic chatbot businesses are thriving. Companies like Joi AI and EverAI have turned adult‑focused avatars into profitable services, with millions of interactions and subscription revenue. While big tech players such as Google and Microsoft continue...
Building Trust Architecture for Secure, User‑Centric Digital Futures
In an increasingly interconnected world, establishing frameworks for secure and self-determined digital interactions is no longer optional. The foundational elements enabling this shift, from architectural principles to user-centric control, are crucial for our collective digital future. #TrustArchitecture #DigitalIdentity #ZeroTrust
Leverage AI to Craft ATS‑Friendly, Impactful Resumes
If you’re job hunting, AI can be one of the most powerful tools to improve your CV or résumé, if you know how to use it properly. In this video, I share practical, step-by-step tips on how to use AI...
Why BofA Is Betting on Branches
In this episode, Jim Marous explores why Bank of America is reinvesting in its physical branch network, arguing that branches remain vital for building trust, delivering complex services, and gathering real‑time customer insights in an increasingly digital world. He highlights...
11 In-Demand Cloud Roles Companies Are Hiring For
Organizations are accelerating cloud migration, with 70% of IT leaders reporting increased adoption in the last 12 months, according to Foundry’s 2025 CIO Cloud Computing Study. The same study shows cloud initiatives are driving revenue growth for 71% of firms...
Enterprise-Grade AI in Financial Services: When Intelligence Meets Irreversibility
Financial institutions boast cutting‑edge analytics—real‑time fraud scoring, alternative‑data credit underwriting, and microsecond trading—but the introduction of generative AI has sparked a stark hesitation. Large language models (LLMs) are probabilistic, producing fluent yet often inaccurate outputs that clash with finance’s deterministic,...
Elon Musk’s xAI Launches Grok Business, Enterprise Tiers to Take on OpenAI
Elon Musk‑owned xAI announced two new subscription tiers—Grok Business for small‑to‑medium teams and Grok Enterprise for larger organisations—offering higher rate limits and advanced workplace AI capabilities. Both tiers promise secure, encrypted data handling and guarantee that enterprise data will not...
AI Took a Writer's Job, Then Told Him to Try Tree-Felling
Brian Groh, a 52‑year‑old Indiana copywriter, lost his job after his company first outsourced to cheaper contractors and then replaced his work with AI‑generated copy. Seeking guidance, he asked a chatbot which advised him to try tree‑felling, a physically demanding...
Into 2026 - for HR, EX Meets CX, Re-Re-Thinking Hiring, and Performance Management RIP
Valoir predicts that 2026 will see the convergence of employee and customer experience, driven by shared AI foundations and real‑time data. HR faces a critical reckoning as outdated skills inventories leave only 13 % of leaders equipped for AI‑enabled workforce planning,...
Four AI Research Trends Enterprise Teams Should Watch in 2026
Enterprises are shifting focus from raw model performance to research that makes AI production‑ready. Four trends—continual learning, world models, orchestration, and refinement—promise to keep models up‑to‑date, simulate physical environments, manage multi‑step workflows, and iteratively improve outputs without costly retraining. Companies...
AI, VR, and Bots Redefine Travel in 2026
The Future Of Travel: AI, Chatbots, VR And Agents #Travel and #hospitality are entering a period of rapid transformation as #AI , #automation , and immersive technologies reshape how journeys are planned, experienced and delivered. This article explores the key...
Hot Sauce and Hot Takes: An Only Malware in the Building Special.
In this special in‑studio episode, hosts Selena Larson, Dave Bittner, and former FBI cybercrime investigator Keith Mularski tackle a hot‑wings challenge while fielding personal and career‑focused questions, offering listeners a candid look at their backgrounds and the moments that shaped...
Inside Ergatta’s Game-Driven Model and Two-Year Profit Streak
In this episode, Tom Aulet discusses how he transformed Ergatta into a profitable, game‑driven fitness brand, leveraging $35 million in funding to develop immersive, gamified workouts while maintaining lean operations. He explains the company’s cost‑effective growth strategies, the role of data‑backed...
‘College Dropout’ Has Become the Most Coveted Startup Founder Credential
The tech press notes a resurgence of the college‑dropout narrative among startup founders, especially at Y Combinator Demo Days, even as academic research shows most unicorns are built by degree‑holders. The AI boom intensifies the perception that time‑to‑market is critical, prompting...
AI Agents Swap, Not Eliminate, Management Workload
Here's something almost nobody tells you when you deploy your first AI agent: you're not eliminating management overhead. You're trading one type of work for another. It's different work. But it requires about as much time for oversight, review, and...
Your Personal Brand Fuels Business Success
It’s officially 2026. Do I need to keep shouting this message and waving this sign around? Or are you finally convinced that building your personal brand will help build your business? (Please say you get it. My arms are getting tired.) https://t.co/XWnLFjtb6G
What Stranger Things Gets Right About Wormholes
The fifth season of *Stranger Things* features a classroom lesson that correctly identifies wormholes as Einstein‑Rosen bridges—hypothetical tunnels linking distant points in spacetime. While the series dramatizes these shortcuts for plot purposes, it mirrors real scientific discourse about exotic matter...
Master AI Stacking, Not Just Tool Collection
110 AI tools 🤯 But the edge isn’t knowing them all. It’s knowing: • which ones to stack • where they fit in workflows • how they drive outcomes From tool chasing → system building. #AI #GenAI #Automation #Productivity #AIStack https://t.co/VIEK4qz5DX
Rising Ad Costs Force Companies to Prioritize UX and CRO
UX and CRO aren't a sexy topic. Most companies underinvest in these areas, even though they deliver massive ROI. With ad costs continually rising, companies are spending more on CRO in 2026. They have no choice... you have no choice. https://t.co/nz7KCfDB86
Uber Reportedly Seeking to Acquire Parking Startup SpotHero
Uber is reportedly in talks to acquire SpotHero, a Chicago‑based parking‑reservation startup valued at $290 million after its 2019 Series D round. SpotHero’s platform lets users book spots in over 400 North American cities and has facilitated more than 100 million parked cars...
Profitability Beats Cash‑Burning Growth in Startup Survival
If you're profitable, you can literally outlast big VC-backed competitors that are burning more cash than they make. Even if you're super small. These fast-growth startups crash more often than not.
New Ten-Year Forecasts in Annual Predictions Update
Just published my annual predictions update, tracking from Jan 1st 2018, with new commentary and new ten year predictions. It is long. https://t.co/wv2A2DBpP3
Open Source Qwen-Image-2512 Launches to Compete with Google's Nano Banana Pro in High Quality AI Image Generation
Alibaba’s Qwen team released Qwen-Image-2512, an open‑source AI image model that rivals Google’s Gemini 3 Pro Image (Nano Banana Pro) in quality. The model delivers higher human realism, finer texture detail, and accurate embedded text for both Chinese and English...
AI SDR Secures $100K Deal on New Year's Eve
Our AI SDR booked a $100k+ deal on New Year's Eve It's truly becoming a different world And it's only just begun in GTM
Scaling Infra Software Is Harder Than It Looks
Feels like this applies to just about every piece of infra software: "everyone thinks it's easy but then when you need to scale..."
Behind Nvidia's Groq Deal
The episode delves into Nvidia's surprise $20 billion reverse acquihire of AI chipmaker Groq, revealing that the deal was completed in under two weeks with no competing bidders. It also touches on Meta's recent acquisition of the robotics firm Manus and...
From Agency Sale to Multi‑7‑Figure Growth: 2025 Wins
My 2025 Wrapped: - Sold my first agency - Bought my mom an apartment - Officially launched Nord Media (April) - Moved to Austin - Trimmed service offering from 8 —> 2 - Hit multi 7 figure run rate by September - Grew newsletter to 120,000 Subscribers -...
Intentional Momentum Over Hustle Drives Sustainable Impact
As I reflect on this past year, one theme keeps coming up in my work, my conversations, and my personal life: Momentum with intention Not hustle for the sake of motion. But intentional with a specific outcome in mind. At...
How to Pick an AI Chatbot That Fits Your Work
The guide argues that selecting an AI chatbot should start with the specific work task, not model hype or benchmark scores. It breaks down five common enterprise scenarios—content drafting, research, code assistance, internal document queries, and customer‑facing automation—and maps each...
Learn Poker's Thinking, Then Business's Compounding Power
Poker teaches you how to think. Business teaches you how to compound. Poker is a great vehicle for learning the ups and downs of business. However, it's a tough game to completely rely on if you want to have outsized returns in...
MVP App Development Company: Turning Ideas Into Market-Ready Digital Products
The article explains how MVP app development companies transform early ideas into market‑ready digital products by focusing on core functionality, rapid iteration, and user feedback. It outlines the step‑by‑step MVP process—from idea validation and feature prioritization to design, development, testing,...
Apply an Autonomy Slider:
Recently, a close friend of mine, @pauliusztin_, launched a free 9-lesson course on AI agent foundations, and I went through it. It’s short (around 1.5 hours total) and focuses purely on end-to-end fundamentals - no tools, no frameworks, just the core...
What Makes a Great Crypto Wallet? - Jamie Elkaleh | ATC #592
In this episode, Stephen Sargeant interviews Jamie Elkaleh, CMO of Bitget Wallet, to explore what defines a great crypto wallet, covering technical metrics like TVL, investor protection, and compliance across jurisdictions. Jamie shares his transition from sports analytics to Web3...
Cash at Close Beats Inflated Valuation Every Time
You get an LOI with a $10M valuation. Your heart jumps. You’re already thinking about the "I made it" moment. Then you read the fine print: > $2M is Cash at Close > $3M is an "Earn-out" based on crazy growth targets >...
Google Expands Beyond Transformers with Diffusion Language Model
Pretty obvious looking back. Google is betting on multiple architectures, not just transformers. This was when Google announced a diffusion-based language model.
2026 H2 Set for Massive IPO Wave: SpaceX, Databricks, More
"2026 will be a year of MASSIVE IPOs in back half of the year: SpaceX first, Cavna, Databricks, and Anthropic. And that's just a start." with @HarryStebbings @rodriscoll + me https://t.co/DiFPYJGaET
18 Emerging Trends Will Reshape Data, Health, Communication
Looking ahead, tomorrow's 18 areas could influence how we consume and process data, approach health and wellness, and interact and communicate with one another. Source @McKinsey_MGI Link https://t.co/8uEiUniaJV via @antgrasso #DigitalTransformation #BusinessStrategy #AI https://t.co/wYu7IUdN8v
Prioritize Learning Over Being Right to Empower Teams
The most important thing a founder can give a team is confidence that learning is valued more than being right. That single belief changes how people act when no one is guiding them.
Uncover SaaS Blind Spots with Free Churn & Founder Tools
Your SaaS has blind spots. I built free tools to help you find them: → Revenue Ceiling Calculator: See if your churn is quietly capping your growth → Founder Archetype Quiz: Discover the fatal flaw holding you back 5 minutes. Zero fluff. https://t.co/jxT71w5LNN
Function Health Generates 25‑35% of Quest Diagnostics Traffic
Function Health is crushing it. So Quest Diagnostics is estimated to do $11B in revenue in 2025, and if you use @function for blood draws, you go there. Today I was asking one of the phlebotomists how many of his patients are...
