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The Heaviest AI Users Atrophy the Fastest: The Skill Atrophy Trap

Mustafa ERBAYJun 18, 2026 • 7 min read

The Heaviest AI Users Atrophy the Fastest: The Skill Atrophy Trap

In recent years, AI tools have rapidly entered our lives and fundamentally changed the way we work.....

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No Longer a Bricklayer, You're the Foreman: The Quiet Evolution

Mustafa ERBAYJun 17, 2026 • 7 min read

No Longer a Bricklayer, You're the Foreman: The Quiet Evolution

One of the biggest changes I've seen in the industry over the last twenty years is the evolution of....

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Mustafa ERBAY6d ago • 4 min read

My Most Expensive Engineering Decision

My most expensive career mistake wasn't a line of code or a misconfigured server; it was a "yes."...

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Companies Quietly Hiring Juniors While Everyone Fears AI

Mustafa ERBAY6d ago • 8 min read

Companies Quietly Hiring Juniors While Everyone Fears AI

The impact of AI on the business world, especially in the tech sector, is increasingly fueling the.....

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I Built a Clipboard History Extension. chrome.storage Hit Its Limit. Here's What I Learned.

SHOTAJun 17, 2026 • 5 min read

I Built a Clipboard History Extension. chrome.storage Hit Its Limit. Here's What I Learned.

I built ClipStack to capture and search clipboard history across browser tabs. It worked fine for th...

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Diego Fortes3d ago • 3 min read

I Hacked Claude to Track My Usage Limit

Episode 6 of VibeCoding Until I Make $100K. I reverse engineered Claude's website to find a hidden A...

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I Built a Chrome Extension That Saves Any File to Google Drive in One Click - In Under 8 Hours

Diego Fortes3d ago • 7 min read

I Built a Chrome Extension That Saves Any File to Google Drive in One Click - In Under 8 Hours

How I built and shipped a save-to-Google-Drive Chrome extension in under 8 hours - OAuth setup, cont...

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Claude Has No Way to Search Your Conversations. So I Built One (Free)

Diego Fortes3d ago • 4 min read

Claude Has No Way to Search Your Conversations. So I Built One (Free)

Claude's native search only finds conversation titles, not content. I built a free Chrome extension ...

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I'm VibeCoding My Way to $100K — This Is How It Starts

Diego Fortes3d ago • 4 min read

I'm VibeCoding My Way to $100K — This Is How It Starts

Episode 1 of VibeCoding Until I Make $100K. I built a free YouTube comments scraper Chrome extension...

#buildinginpublic#chromeextensions#youtubeapi#indiehacker

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How to Survive as a Developer in the Age of AI?

Mustafa ERBAYJun 17, 2026 • 4 min read

How to Survive as a Developer in the Age of AI?

One of the biggest turning points in my career was returning to fundamental engineering principles.....

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Should I Become a Manager? No One Tells You It's a Reversible Decision

Mustafa ERBAY3d ago • 12 min read

Should I Become a Manager? No One Tells You It's a Reversible Decision

Recently, a friend told me, "Mustafa, I've been coding for 10 years, and I feel like I should become...

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Choosing an AI Code Assistant: Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code

Mustafa ERBAY4d ago • 9 min read

Choosing an AI Code Assistant: Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code

While writing tests for a new module in a production ERP system, I realized that 30% of my weekly...

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Is a University Degree Still Necessary for Software?

Mustafa ERBAY2d ago • 4 min read

Is a University Degree Still Necessary for Software?

Early in my career, when I saw the "Engineering Faculty Diploma" requirement in job applications, I....

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The Candidate Who Impressed Me Most in a Job Interview

Mustafa ERBAY5d ago • 4 min read

The Candidate Who Impressed Me Most in a Job Interview

For years, I've conducted hundreds of technical job interviews. I've spoken with countless...

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What Does It Mean To Be 'Senior' In The Age of AI?

Mustafa ERBAY6d ago • 4 min read

What Does It Mean To Be 'Senior' In The Age of AI?

I've been in this industry for twenty years, and often questioned what the "senior" title truly...

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I Became a Manager and Returned: Do I Regret It?

Mustafa ERBAY4d ago • 3 min read

I Became a Manager and Returned: Do I Regret It?

One of the biggest decisions I made in my career was to transition from a technical leadership role....

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Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was a Junior

Mustafa ERBAYJun 18, 2026 • 4 min read

Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was a Junior

The most expensive mistakes of my career weren't a line of code or a system architecture choice....

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I built per-platform post customization so I'd stop cross-posting identical text

John Builds6d ago • 1 min read

I built per-platform post customization so I'd stop cross-posting identical text

I post across about a dozen networks, and the post body was the friction point. Send the same text.....

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I Spent 90 Minutes Per Cross-Post. Here's the One-Content Fix.

Yerkebulan Rakhimov6d ago • 2 min read

I Spent 90 Minutes Per Cross-Post. Here's the One-Content Fix.

The One-Content Strategy That Killed My Cross-Posting Burnout I was spending 30-90 minutes...

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The $5 Competitor Analysis Workflow for Solo Founders

GingirisJun 18, 2026 • 5 min read

The $5 Competitor Analysis Workflow for Solo Founders

It was a Tuesday night, maybe 11pm. I was trying to figure out whether a new analytics tool was...

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Google Just Killed Generic AI Blogs — Here's How Solo Founders Should Pivot Their Content Strategy in 2026

Jack4d ago • 3 min read

Google Just Killed Generic AI Blogs — Here's How Solo Founders Should Pivot Their Content Strategy in 2026

P.S. If you want more solo founder content workflows like this one delivered to your inbox every...

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I 'Built in Public' for 3 Months and Got 47 Followers — Here's What Actually Works for Solo Founders on X in 2026

JackJun 17, 2026 • 3 min read

I 'Built in Public' for 3 Months and Got 47 Followers — Here's What Actually Works for Solo Founders on X in 2026

P.S. If you want more solo founder growth workflows like this one delivered to your inbox every week...

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How to Model Freemium Subscription Revenue in Google Sheets (Free Template)

Viral Videos6d ago • 1 min read

How to Model Freemium Subscription Revenue in Google Sheets (Free Template)

As a bootstrapped SaaS founder, you probably have a free tier. But do you know your freemium...

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SpaceX Just Bought Cursor for $60B: What It Means for Indie Hackers

DevToolsPicksJun 17, 2026 • 6 min read

SpaceX Just Bought Cursor for $60B: What It Means for Indie Hackers

SpaceX is buying Cursor for $60B in an all-stock deal. Here is what changes for indie hackers, the r...

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Tech Articles

The Heaviest AI Users Atrophy the Fastest: The Skill Atrophy Trap

No Longer a Bricklayer, You're the Foreman: The Quiet Evolution

My Most Expensive Engineering Decision

Companies Quietly Hiring Juniors While Everyone Fears AI

I Built a Clipboard History Extension. chrome.storage Hit Its Limit. Here's What I Learned.

I Hacked Claude to Track My Usage Limit

I Built a Chrome Extension That Saves Any File to Google Drive in One Click - In Under 8 Hours

Claude Has No Way to Search Your Conversations. So I Built One (Free)

I'm VibeCoding My Way to $100K — This Is How It Starts

How to Survive as a Developer in the Age of AI?

Should I Become a Manager? No One Tells You It's a Reversible Decision

Choosing an AI Code Assistant: Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code

Is a University Degree Still Necessary for Software?

The Candidate Who Impressed Me Most in a Job Interview

What Does It Mean To Be 'Senior' In The Age of AI?

I Became a Manager and Returned: Do I Regret It?

Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was a Junior

I built per-platform post customization so I'd stop cross-posting identical text

I Spent 90 Minutes Per Cross-Post. Here's the One-Content Fix.

The $5 Competitor Analysis Workflow for Solo Founders

Google Just Killed Generic AI Blogs — Here's How Solo Founders Should Pivot Their Content Strategy in 2026

I 'Built in Public' for 3 Months and Got 47 Followers — Here's What Actually Works for Solo Founders on X in 2026

How to Model Freemium Subscription Revenue in Google Sheets (Free Template)

SpaceX Just Bought Cursor for $60B: What It Means for Indie Hackers