Today is a special day for me. I've made $3M with my 36 startups. Solo. 85% margin. Bootstrapped. It took 10 years, and I loved every second of it. After failing as an entrepreneur for 5 years, I got a job in 2021. That's when I discovered @levelsio's journey and decided to try again. "If he can do it, maybe I can too?" So I started building tiny startups and writing about it. 2021 and 2022 were quiet, but I was having fun. Everything changed in 2023 when I launched ShipFast and made my first million. Building something people finally paid for and enjoyed made me so happy. My first 5 years of failures taught me not to get emotionally attached to a project, because everything goes to 0 eventually. So I just kept shipping. It's 2026, and I've launched 36 startups. 50% never made money. Only 11% made decent money. Back in 2016, when I started, I believed I would make it. If I had known it would take 7 years of failure, I probably would never have started. That's why I'm stupidly optimistic. I don't think in years. I don't dream big. I think in weeks. I build tiny projects fast. And I quit even faster. That's how I wake up happy, enjoy the journey, and eventually build life-changing projects. If you've been following the journey, thank you. You've given my posts a sense of purpose, which has kept me going, and I'm very grateful for this. ❤️

I just shipped this to MailCheap.AI: 🏷️ Custom fields, tags 👋 First-name personalization 🔗 Link click stats 📝 Embeddable signup forms 🐝 Full beehiiv import (with tags) 📈 Opens over time 🔎 Help center search 📬 Weekly summary emails Shipped with Opus 5.5, my best vibe coding buddy.

me and my team

You can’t copy trust. You can’t copy a server. You can’t copy proprietary data. There’s still a moat. But not for wrappers with 90% margins.

with the voices in my head

I just landed in Dubai 🇦🇪 From above, the desert met the sea, with a line of buildings between them. At the immigration, they gave us back our passport with 10Gb of data. We had lunch at the airport and they had tons of healthy options. I ate brocolis, kale, avocado, sweet potatoes, and half a chicken. Everything is clean. People look happy. I’m now in a 1.5hr taxi ride to Abu Dhabi where I’ll do my second HYROX race. Can’t wait!

“Paid partnership” My mind went from “wow this is cool” to “meh it’s an ad”. I felt deceived. The disclaimer should be above the post, not below, IMHO.

Software is having its Uber moment. For years, SaaS companies could keep raising prices because building an alternative was too expensive. AI changes that. Now anyone can enter the market with a competitive pricing. And customers can vibe code a good-enough version themselves.

The subtle art of getting attention being yourself 👏

Their greed is my opportunity

Congrats, you're the fastest-growing startup of the week on TrustMRR 👏🎉 Adel built Tinder for sports. His app (Ritmo) matches you with a Pilates, tennis, or running partner. 0 → $3,835 MRR in 1 month 84% growth vs. last week → trustmrr.com/startup/ritmoap… Godspeed 🫡

vibe coding with opus 5.5 really is insane he's like that super high IQ friend who gets everything right and doesn't bother you with the details 80/20 AGI

I just shipped this to MailCheap.ai: 📚 Help center 🧭 Settings redesign 🎯 Contact segments 🆕 What's new popup ✋ Drag-and-drop editor 🎨 8 customizable themes ✏️ Editable contact status 👁️ Realistic iPhone preview Vibe coding software is my happy place. All I do is think, prompt, think, prompt.

What the... Biggest meetup so far 😳

I turned 33 today. It was the best year of my life. Everything aligned: work, fitness, and my personal life. 2023 was amazing too. I’ll never forget the small success of my first startup, ShipFast, after seven years of shouting into the void. But I was afraid of losing momentum. What if I’d just been lucky? What if I couldn’t do it again? In 2024 and 2025, I was fighting that fear. I didn’t enjoy taking time off because I was afraid my worries would come true. Toward the end of 2025, something shifted. I started enjoying life more. I didn’t do anything to make it happen; it just came naturally. I guess that’s a human thing. I also doubled down on fitness, and the results are paying off now. Now I’m at peace. My brain isn’t racing in the middle of the night, thinking about my next project. I’m not worried about AI taking over all my startups. I’m just having fun. I work on whatever sparks my curiosity. I go to the gym and sometimes stay for three hours. I play video games. I don’t want anything. And I’ve realized that happiness is peace of mind. I don’t want much more than this: more years like this, and maybe, one day, kids.