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  • Why I quit

    Why I quit "The Strive" - JA Westenberg

    2026-04-10
    This newsletter is free to read, and it’ll stay that way. But if you want more - extra posts each month, no sponsored CTAs, access to the community, and a direct line to ask me things - paid subscriptions are $2.50/month. A lot of people have
  • The Hacker News tarpit - JA Westenberg

    The Hacker News tarpit - JA Westenberg

    2026-04-06
    This newsletter is free to read, and it’ll stay that way. But if you want more - extra posts each month, no sponsored CTAs, access to the community, and a direct line to ask me things - paid subscriptions are $2.50/month. A lot of people have
  • The AI writing witchhunt is pointless. - JA Westenberg

    The AI writing witchhunt is pointless. - JA Westenberg

    2026-04-04
    Alexandre Dumas ran what was essentially a content production house in 19th century Paris. His most famous collaborator was Auguste Maquet, who wrote substantial portions of The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo. Maquet would produce...
  • The

    The "Passive Income" trap ate a generation of entrepreneurs - JA Westenberg

    2026-04-03
    I had coffee last year with a guy - I won't use his real name - who told me he was "building a business." I asked what it did. Dropshipping jade face rollers.I made him say it twice.Jade face rollers.He'd found
  • Time is a User-Interface - JA Westenberg

    Time is a User-Interface - JA Westenberg

    2026-04-02
  • The Entire Internet Is a UGC Reaction Video Now - JA Westenberg

    The Entire Internet Is a UGC Reaction Video Now - JA Westenberg

    2026-03-31
    I keep a folder in Apple Notes called “cursed websites,” where I save various artefacts that make me feel like the social contract has dissolved. Call it an act of self-loathing. Call it collecting evidence of the fall. Dansugc.com went straight into...
  • The World's First Bullshit - JA Westenberg

    The World's First Bullshit - JA Westenberg

    2026-03-31
    I opened Twitter this morning and three different startups were announcing "the world's first" something. An AI CMO, an autonomous AI marketer, and a design agent "with taste," which is a phrase that made me close my laptop for...
  • Notes on going solo: celebrating 6 years of Studio Self - JA Westenberg

    Notes on going solo: celebrating 6 years of Studio Self - JA Westenberg

    2026-03-30
    Since roughly // broadly 2020, I’ve been running a solo-powered minor empire. I have no employees, and my only office is my home office, filled as it is with cat hair and various comic books. My business is: me, a laptop, a set of AI tools that scale the
  • Members Only: On Cathedral thinking - JA Westenberg

    Members Only: On Cathedral thinking - JA Westenberg

    2026-03-26
  • Tread carefully, because you tread on my fucks. - JA Westenberg

    Tread carefully, because you tread on my fucks. - JA Westenberg

    2026-03-24
    This newsletter is free to read, and it’ll stay that way. But if you want more - extra posts each month, access to the community, and a direct line to ask me things - paid subscriptions are $2.50/month. A lot of people have told me it&
  • "Collaboration" is bullshit. - JA Westenberg

    2026-03-22
    This newsletter is free to read, and it’ll stay that way. But if you want more - extra posts each month, access to the community, and a direct line to ask me things - paid subscriptions are $2.50/month. A lot of people have told me it&
  • Members Only: How do we define our own flourishing? - JA Westenberg

    Members Only: How do we define our own flourishing? - JA Westenberg

    2026-03-20
    Nikolai Kardashev believed we could classify civilisations by the eneregy they harness. The Soviet Astrophysicist proposed three “Types” of civilisation - Type I controls the energy budget of its homeward, Type II controls a star, and Type III...
  • Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection - JA Westenberg

    Marc Andreessen is wrong about introspection - JA Westenberg

    2026-03-18
    This newsletter is free to read, and it’ll stay that way. But if you want more - extra posts each month, access to the community, and a direct line to ask me things - paid subscriptions are $2.50/month. A lot of people have told me it&
  • The optimized self and the life that got away - JA Westenberg

    The optimized self and the life that got away - JA Westenberg

    2026-03-15
    This newsletter is free to read, and it’ll stay that way. But if you want more - extra posts each month, access to the community, and a direct line to ask me things - paid subscriptions are $2.50/month. A lot of people have told me it&
  • Everything's Casino - JA Westenberg

    Everything's Casino - JA Westenberg

    2026-03-13
    On the evening of February 28, 2026, American B-2 bombers lifted off from Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri. By the time they reached Iranian airspace, Tomahawk missiles were already in flight from submarines in the Persian Gulf. Operation Epic Fury...