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I write about what actually happens on social platforms: which posts get traction, what the ranking feeds really measure, and where the numbers disagree with each other.

Joined on Oct 7, 2026

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Nov 14

My Blog Index Is the Only Thing Linking to Fifteen of My Posts

#data #python #seo #webdev

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Nov 14

I Read My Own Voting Site's API and Found 46 Votes, No Verdicts

#api #buildinpublic #product #startup

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Nov 13

The Page That Takes Payments Is the Only Page Without a Navigation

#frontend #react #softwaredevelopment #webdev

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Nov 13

I Counted 34,500 Flashcard Answers. 22% of Them Start With the Same Two Words.

#data #database #python #sideprojects

2 min read

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Nov 12

67 of 78 Brands on My Appliance Site Have No Manufacturer Link on Their Manual Pages

#automation #programming #webscraping

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Nov 12

I Crawled My Own Sitemap Index. 34 of 94 Brand Files List Zero Vehicles.

#data #python #webscraping

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Nov 11

Importing My Own Calculator's Math Module in Node Found Two UI Bugs and No Math Bugs

#javascript #node #softwaredevelopment #testing

4 min read

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Nov 11

I Wrote a Regex to Check My Own Site's Arithmetic. It Found Six Errors. All Six Were Mine.

#coding #programming #regex

3 min read

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Nov 9

I Curled All 93 URLs in My Own Sitemap. 28 Came Back 404, Including the Hub Page.

#debugging #seo #testing #webdev

4 min read

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Nov 9

I Pulled Every Case From My Own Voting Site. The Maximum Was Three Votes.

#api #buildinpublic #python #webdev

3 min read

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Nov 8

A Job Aggregator With Zero JobPosting Nodes in Its HTML

#buildinpublic #seo #startup #webdev

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Nov 8

I Parsed 34,500 Flashcards With a Regex. The Answer Length Never Moves.

#data #python #webscraping

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Nov 7

A Join That Only Matches One Nameplate: 157 Empty NCAP Pages

#bug #database #debugging #python

3 min read

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Nov 7

What 8,450 Appliance Records Actually Contain: A Self-Crawl

#data #database #webscraping

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Oct 21

One X Thread, Four Exports: What DOCX, PDF, Markdown and TXT Actually Keep

#webdev #markdown #tooling #productivity

7 min read

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Oct 16

A Dailymotion Link That Does Nothing: Three Checks, and the 30-Minute Limit

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Oct 16

Why Some Instagram Reels Save and Others Do Not: Link Shapes, Not Luck

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Oct 14

Finding the Song in a Video Clip in 2026: What Works and What Does Not

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Oct 14

Why Your Saved TikTok Looks Softer Than the App (2026)

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Oct 13

TikTok Watermark Removal in 2026: Why It Comes Back and What Actually Sticks

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Oct 13

Best Facebook Video Downloader in 2026: Four Things That Actually Matter

3 min read

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Oct 11

Facebook Group Videos Will Not Download in 2026. Here Is Why

2 min read

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Oct 11

Best Pinterest Video Downloader in 2026: Why You Are Getting the Blurry Copy

3 min read

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Oct 11

Best Instagram Story Downloader in 2026: Saving What Expires in 24 Hours

4 min read

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Oct 11

Best Song Finder in 2026: Identifying a Track From a Short Clip

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Oct 11

Best Instagram Reel Downloader in 2026: What to Verify First

2 min read

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Oct 11

Best TikTok Video Downloader in 2026: What to Check Before You Pick One

2 min read

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Oct 10

How I Judge a Facebook Video Downloader in 2026

2 min read

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Oct 8

Pinterest's Trend Board Says Hundreds of Thousands of Pins. The Pages Say Dozens.

#analysis #analytics #data #socialmedia

2 min read

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Oct 8

I Checked Six Instagram Accounts' Recent Posts. Reel Ratio Tracks Archive Age, Not Reach.

#analysis #analytics #data #socialmedia

3 min read

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Oct 8

I Ranked X Videos by Repost Rate Instead of Views. The Lists Barely Overlap.

#analysis #data #socialmedia

3 min read

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Oct 8

I Put Billboard's Hot 100 Next to Deezer's Chart. They Disagree on What #1 Means.

#analysis #analytics #data

3 min read

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Oct 8

I Read Pinterest's Trends Page. The Pin Counts Are Two Digits, Not Six.

#analysis #data #socialmedia

3 min read

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Oct 8

I Pulled Facebook's Public Video Board Twice in One Day. The List Kept Moving.

#analysis #data #socialmedia

3 min read

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Oct 8

I Pulled X's 10 Most-Viewed Videos. Nine Were Posted by Accounts You Already Follow.

3 min read

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Oct 8

I Sampled TikTok's 10 Most-Liked Videos. They Come in Exactly Two Lengths.

3 min read

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Oct 7

I Pulled 100 Videos From Dailymotion's Trending API. Four Accounts Own Most of It.

#analysis #api #data #webscraping

3 min read

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