Andres Carreon

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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.

OpinionCareerIndie

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April 17, 20269 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.

OpinionIndieSocial Media

March 11, 20265 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.

OpinionIndieMarketing

March 10, 202612 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.

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Things I've Built

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Stylica

Stylica

AI-powered photo transformation platform. Change lighting, style, mood, try hairstyles, outfits, and celebrity selfies — all with a single prompt.

AISaaSImage Gen

Pixalia

Pixalia

Generate hyper-realistic AI influencer videos for TikTok marketing. No filming, no actors — professional content in 2 minutes.

AIVideoMarketing

200post

200post

Launch your own AI-run newspaper. Pick a niche, name your publication, go live on a subdomain or custom domain, and get fresh SEO-ready articles published daily on autopilot.

Booksic

Booksic

Soundtrack your reading. AI generates music playlists matched to your favorite books — pick a book, get a playlist that fits the mood.

AIMusicCreative

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