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Your Hours Worked Don’t Matter
When you first go self-employed, there is a massive internal pressure to fill every hour with “work.” When you don’t have a 9-to-5 schedule, being busy…
Feb 22
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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How I Use AI to Code
When I first started using AI to code, I did it sheepishly. I treated it like a gimmick or a slightly better version of Stack Overflow. But over the…
Feb 15
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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How I Built my SaaS to $600 MRR
Since my last update, Ferryman has crossed another milestone: we just moved past $600 in Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR). While the jump to $600 might…
Feb 8
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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January 2026
I Quit Google to Build a $10k MRR SaaS
Note: I am documenting my entire journey of building a successful, $10,000 MRR SaaS product from the very beginning. I just released the first video of…
Jan 31
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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3 Reasons to Ship Smaller Code Changes
One of the most underrated skills in software engineering isn’t writing complex algorithms, it’s the ability to break a complex problem down into small…
Jan 25
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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Don't Outsource Knowledge
We are living through the most significant shift in the history of software engineering. For decades, the job was simple in concept: a human provided…
Jan 18
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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The Math of Taking Off
Something I’ve been thinking a lot about now that I’m self-employed is the pressure of finding “the thing.” When you leave the structure of a 9-to-5…
Jan 11
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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The Importance of Unit Testing
Despite how critical testing is to modern software engineering, I graduated with a Computer Science degree without ever learning a single thing about…
Jan 4
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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December 2025
Opinions Dilute Focus
Most people believe that having a well-informed opinion on everything, politics, the latest tech drama, or global events, is a sign of intelligence or…
Dec 28, 2025
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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How to Think Creatively
Most people approach creativity through the lens of effort. They believe that if they sit at a desk long enough and focus hard enough, they can…
Dec 21, 2025
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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Success is Asymmetrical
We often treat major projects, starting a company, launching a side hustle, landing a dream job, as if they require a 100% success rate on the first…
Dec 14, 2025
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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The Price of Precision
When you’re in your early twenties, your life operates with a huge margin for error. Think of it as low-resolution living.What matters most in that…
Dec 7, 2025
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Kevin Naughton Jr.
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