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AI and the Death of Activation Energy
AI has solved one thing in particular that most people don’t talk about. If you look past the hype cycles and the code-generation benchmarks, the true…
Jul 4
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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June 2026
My Product Almost Died.
At the beginning of April, I hit a major milestone with my SaaS platform, Ferryman: a new MRR peak of $1,346. On social media, milestones like that look…
Jun 29
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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Your Default Answer Should Be "No"
At some point, we all face the same invisible threat: a schedule that is no longer our own. We start with a blank canvas, but very quickly, the outside…
Jun 21
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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How to Learn in the Age of AI
We’re currently living through the most radical shift in the history of software development. Code generation models have become so frictionless that…
Jun 14
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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3 Ways to Easily Build a Strong Technical Network
When I first started creating content and building in public, I was actively against the idea of meeting other tech creators. I completely avoided it…
Jun 5
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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May 2026
Are Software Engineers Going Away?
Every day, my timeline is flooded with the same underlying panic: Is AI going to destroy the software engineering profession? If you look at the rapid…
May 31
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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Min-Max Employment
This week, Meta laid off another 8,000 employees. These layoffs feel so dystopian nowadays especially since Meta employees ended up learning the exact…
May 24
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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How to Actually Get What You Want in Life
Most people believe that to win at a high level, you have to be the smartest, most inherently gifted person in the room. They treat success like a…
May 17
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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How Do I Live in the Present?
I’ve spent the last few days in a small village in the south of France, thinking about a concept I’m historically bad at: living in the present. We’re…
May 10
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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365 Days Ago I Left Google: 3 Lessons I've Learned in Self-Employment
One year ago today, I walked away from my Software Engineering role at Google. At the time, it felt like the riskiest move of my life. Now, looking back…
May 1
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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April 2026
Leverage is Everything
Most people blindly subscribe to a linear relationship between input and output. They believe that if they work 40 hours a week, they will achieve 40…
Apr 24
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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A Deep Dive into My Remote Development Setup
Last week, I talked about the philosophy of “Cattle, Not Pets”, the idea that your laptop should be disposable, not a precious asset. But why actually…
Apr 19
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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