Marty's Blog

Hey, I'm Marty. I build things, and write about what I learn along the way. I like to share the honest side of trying to build an online business.

Currently working on RSStoKindle.com, a service that delivers blog posts to your Kindle.

Jun 18, 2026

You Can't Buy People Coming Back

Jun 13, 2026

Discovering Good Writing with RSStoKindle

Jun 3, 2026

I Took a Swing at Charging and Missed

May 5, 2026

My First Job After College Sucked

Apr 30, 2026

After 3 years of vibe coding, I finally built something I use daily.

Apr 21, 2026

Writing Jira Tickets That Dont Suck

Mar 6, 2026

I Just Paste Tickets into Claude Code and Hang Out

Oct 24, 2025

Success Is About Leverage

Oct 22, 2025

FINALLY did it.

Oct 3, 2025

I Built a Vitamin, Not a Painkiller

Sep 21, 2025

What Quitting Actually Did

Aug 26, 2025

Treating Business Like a Game

Jul 21, 2025

Did You Hire a Designer for This?

Mar 21, 2025

I Just Killed a Product That Made $1,788 MRR at Its Peak

Feb 12, 2025

Ship Fast and Break Things?

Jan 31, 2025

I Shut Down My Online Business

Jan 22, 2025

My First Business 'Failure'

Dec 31, 2024

2024: The Year of New Beginnings

Oct 30, 2024

The Single Screenshot Theory

Sep 19, 2024

Business is a Different Kind of Hard