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"title": "Hotel in the Netherlands sets AC minimum at 23°C and locks windows for security", "url": "https://levels.io/netherlands-hotel-ac-23c-windows-locked", "published_at": "2026-05-27T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a0aeaa7f", "title": "My friend's Lisbon office got burglarized and Portuguese police refused to recover his Airtagged Apple display", "url": "https://levels.io/lisbon-burglary-police-airtag-refusal", "published_at": "2026-05-26T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a0c4de10", "title": "Leiden might be the best Dutch city to visit instead of tourist Amsterdam", "url": "https://levels.io/leiden-best-dutch-city-to-visit", "published_at": "2026-05-25T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a0e3c3c8", "title": "I don't write code anymore", "url": "https://levels.io/i-dont-write-code-anymore", "published_at": "2026-05-23T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a11ef5ad", "title": "My daily laptop and iPhone setup for sites on a VPS with Claude Code", "url": "https://levels.io/daily-laptop-iphone-vps-claude-code-setup", "published_at": "2026-05-22T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a1dfb7f0", "title": "My latest Termius and tmux setup for every site", "url": "https://levels.io/latest-termius-tmux-setup-per-site", "published_at": "2026-05-22T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a28b1529", "title": "Luxury products are really just meant for poor people to fake they're rich", "url": "https://levels.io/luxury-products-meant-for-poor-people", "published_at": "2026-05-21T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a2a8524b", "title": "Barcelona has drug dens and violent crime in El Raval that Google Maps won't show", "url": "https://levels.io/barcelona-el-raval-crime-google-maps-hoodmaps", "published_at": "2026-05-17T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a3019512", "title": "Hoodmaps.com now has crime data", "url": "https://levels.io/hoodmaps-now-has-crime-data", "published_at": "2026-05-17T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a31a17aa", "title": "Ignoring mind viruses leads to a slippery slope of meat allergies from engineered ticks", "url": "https://levels.io/ignoring-mind-viruses-slippery-slope-meat-allergies", "published_at": "2026-05-15T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a3a47637", "title": "Cloudflare is now the cheapest email provider at $354/mo", "url": "https://levels.io/cloudflare-cheapest-email-provider", "published_at": "2026-05-10T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a402173b", "title": "Most EV chargers in Portugal are out of service thanks to EU subsidies", "url": "https://levels.io/ev-chargers-portugal-eu-subsidies", "published_at": "2026-05-09T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a44bb2ec", "title": "I installed Cloudflare Tunnel to secure my VPS even further and block all inbound traffic on Hetzner", "url": "https://levels.io/securing-vps-with-cloudflare-tunnel", "published_at": "2026-05-06T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a4e458f2", "title": "How keeping CO2 low with a bathroom fan gave me 100% sleep score", "url": "https://levels.io/bathroom-fan-co2-sleep-score", "published_at": "2026-05-05T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a5250706", "title": "My gf banned from reviewing places on Google Maps in Europe after one 1-star review", "url": "https://levels.io/gf-banned-google-maps-reviews-europe", "published_at": "2026-05-05T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a57c89bf", "title": "Airthings is the best air sensor after trying fakes and dodgy ones", "url": "https://levels.io/airthings-best-air-sensor", "published_at": "2026-05-02T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a5dc5f71", "title": "I still haven't solved the CO2 bedroom challenge", "url": "https://levels.io/co2-bedroom-challenge", "published_at": "2026-05-01T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a61c7fdd", "title": "Winning my first big Stripe dispute in a decade with a vibe coded responder", "url": "https://levels.io/winning-stripe-disputes-with-vibe-coded-responder", "published_at": "2026-04-30T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a6aa6965", "title": "Claude was dumbified on March 4 exactly when we noticed", "url": "https://levels.io/claude-dumbified-march-4-when-we-noticed", "published_at": "2026-04-23T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a7361c0c", "title": "I open sourced my first Chrome extension SuperLevels", "url": "https://levels.io/open-sourced-chrome-extension-superlevels", "published_at": "2026-04-23T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a7d24415", "title": "My sites get 4 billion requests a year but I only pay $244/mo to host them on my own VPS", "url": "https://levels.io/4-billion-requests-2932-vps-hosting-cost", "published_at": "2026-04-18T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a838fb21", "title": "Europeans are all captivated by the mind virus", "url": "https://levels.io/europeans-captivated-by-mind-virus", "published_at": "2026-04-16T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a9239551", "title": "Made an auto-dispute response system for Interior AI to see how easy it'd be", "url": "https://levels.io/auto-dispute-response-system-interior-ai-stripe", "published_at": "2026-04-06T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799a9a86885", "title": "Tech insiders avoid touchscreens and smart homes because they know the downsides", "url": "https://levels.io/tech-insiders-avoid-touchscreens-and-smart-homes", "published_at": "2026-04-05T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799aa3f29b8", "title": "Brazil's CPF catch-22 makes booking hotels impossible for tourists", "url": "https://levels.io/brazil-cpf-catch-22-tourists-hotels", "published_at": "2026-04-02T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799ab0ab7b4", "title": "April fool's pizzas in US are real pizzas in Brazil", "url": "https://levels.io/april-fools-pizzas-us-brazil", "published_at": "2026-04-01T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799abde3b07", "title": "I made a free open source xdr boost app for macOS using claude code in 5 minutes", "url": "https://levels.io/made-free-open-source-xdr-boost-app-macos", "published_at": "2026-04-01T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799ac7ad81d", "title": "Why Portuguese businesses don't want more customers or to grow", "url": "https://levels.io/why-portuguese-businesses-dont-want-to-grow", "published_at": "2026-03-30T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799acdd1c2b", "title": "Give us more data to make sure it's you after we've been breached", "url": "https://levels.io/data-breach-cycle-more-data-stolen-identity", "published_at": "2026-03-28T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799ad54a8d8", "title": "Argentinean meat is one of the worst in the world now", "url": "https://levels.io/argentinean-meat-isnt-real-grass-fed", "published_at": "2026-03-27T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799ae3d0c45", "title": "ChatControl is back with a vengeance", "url": "https://levels.io/chatcontrol-back-eu-privacy-vote", "published_at": "2026-03-26T00:00:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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5% ownership is probably the most common final stake for VC funded startup foundersoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2026
Good guy Google removes 151 to 200 reviews from kebap haus due to defamation complaintsoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2026
It's hard to imagine how much richer US is gettingoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2026
How to buy S&P500, tech, bonds and commodities ETFs on IBKR as US or non-US citizenoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2026
How to code with Kimi K3 better than Fable and no restrictionsoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2026
Kimi K3 from China hammers through my Windows XP Simulator todo list while Claude wastes 2 weeks on safety guardrailsoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2026
macOS 27 in the browser created by Kimi K3original ↗
17 Jul 2026
Google Maps in Germany now shows defamation complaint amounts, so here's a calculator to find a place's real ratingoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2026
US restricts AI models so China builds better ones and everyone switchesoriginal ↗
17 Jul 2026
Every single time they have AC but you can't have ACoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2026
All you need to build a business is free open source software a VPS an AI API and R2/S3original ↗
14 Jul 2026
How they want you to live tiny windows no AC vegan food nonstop work and medicationoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2026
How you should live with sunlight AC whole foods and exerciseoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2026
I invested in EthSystems to make Ethereum private for banksoriginal ↗
14 Jul 2026
Places the most attractive rich and educated nomads visit vs the leastoriginal ↗
13 Jul 2026
2 hours after a German signs up to your siteoriginal ↗
11 Jul 2026
Open letter to the Portuguese government to approve Tesla FSDoriginal ↗
11 Jul 2026
EU chat control has passed allowing warrantless scanning of messagesoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2026
Testing my iOS app on web with Claude Code and serve-sim on a headless Mac Minioriginal ↗
9 Jul 2026
The Everything Chartoriginal ↗
9 Jul 2026
EU keeps resubmitting Chat Control after 5 rejections proving it's undemocraticoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2026
One more week to escape the underclassoriginal ↗
7 Jul 2026
A working Atari ST inside a blog post with full internetoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2026
Degrowth is likely just masked foreign sabotageoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2026
Europe fights for 6 years whether to install AC or not while China produces an AC every 6 secondsoriginal ↗
4 Jul 2026
Is the stock market in a bubble right now?original ↗
2 Jul 2026
Korea's bus stops have AC to keep you cool in the heatoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2026
Foreign funding is behind the degrowth movement in Europeoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2026
Portugal's EU customs blocks every package from outside making modern products impossible to orderoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2026
Degrowth killed 250,000 people by avoiding ACs in Europeoriginal ↗
29 Jun 2026
Bitcoin's 4-year cyclesoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2026
I've been coding almost solely on my VPS with Claude Code for almost a year noworiginal ↗
28 Jun 2026
Congratulations Europe you killed 1,000 people with your degrowth bsoriginal ↗
28 Jun 2026
Degrowthers are literally opposed to lifeoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2026
An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first timeoriginal ↗
26 Jun 2026
Bus driver in France crashes after fainting from heat with no ACoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2026
Far left French newspaper against air conditioning has roof covered in AC unitsoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2026
How did AC become the political battleground of choice in Europeoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2026
Using Claude Code to psychoanalyze 5 years of chat logsoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2026
Having an AC in Europe now classifies you as far rightoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2026
Europeans will ignore anti-AC rules and buy air conditioners in 2027original ↗
24 Jun 2026
The craziest thing about Quake is how many modern FPS games originate from itoriginal ↗
24 Jun 2026
Europe had 248,875 heat-related deaths vs 9,436 in the US from 2020 to 2025original ↗
23 Jun 2026
LVMH buys luxury brands like Tiffany and Rimowa then 10x prices while cutting costs 10xoriginal ↗
21 Jun 2026
In San Francisco everyone is saying software is commoditized by AI so smart people are moving to hardwareoriginal ↗
18 Jun 2026
Vibe Jam 2026 winners and how the games are getting close to real production qualityoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2026
America still has post offices unlike most of Europeoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2026
My first real investment exit with Cursor AIoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2026
SpaceX valuation seems crazy until you try airline WiFi without Starlinkoriginal ↗
16 Jun 2026
Europe's GDP per capita will stagnate while the US grows to twice as rich by 2030original ↗
15 Jun 2026
Europe has gotten very poor fast while America has only gotten richeroriginal ↗
14 Jun 2026
US hotels give way more value than Europe now with better AC and amenitiesoriginal ↗
14 Jun 2026
I ported Return to Castle Wolfenstein to the web with multiplayer in an hour using AIoriginal ↗
11 Jun 2026
I revived a 28 year old Quake 2 map with AI into web-based multiplayeroriginal ↗
11 Jun 2026
I built a web-based virtual null modem to play Quake I in MS-DOS in multiplayer onlineoriginal ↗
10 Jun 2026
My drum & bass double drop edit: Heavy Sound System x Shadow Peopleoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2026
Indie hackers build fancy AI factories but have no money or trafficoriginal ↗
8 Jun 2026
I built a web-based dot matrix printer that prints from Windows 3.11original ↗
7 Jun 2026
Everyone can now build apps with AI so now distribution is the real challengeoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2026
Rimowa suitcase broke after Copenhagen to Lisbon flight and why avoid luxury brandsoriginal ↗
6 Jun 2026
Revolut fixed my banking nightmares after Rabobank froze my card in Bali and made me homeless in the USoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2026
This is how you do a great startup videooriginal ↗
3 Jun 2026
European Commission lies and calls truth a narrativeoriginal ↗
1 Jun 2026
Luxury brands like Rimowa and LVMH are mostly a scamoriginal ↗
29 May 2026
Luxury hotels are mathematically bad valueoriginal ↗
29 May 2026
I cook friends a 400g steak with beef tallow and take them lifting to cure tiredness depression or lethargyoriginal ↗
29 May 2026
EU AI fund is all cronyism and taxpayer money burntoriginal ↗
28 May 2026
Western Europe is so fucking tiringoriginal ↗
28 May 2026
Build on the side until it makes money before quitting your joboriginal ↗
27 May 2026
Hotel in the Netherlands sets AC minimum at 23°C and locks windows for securityoriginal ↗
27 May 2026
My friend's Lisbon office got burglarized and Portuguese police refused to recover his Airtagged Apple displayoriginal ↗
26 May 2026
Leiden might be the best Dutch city to visit instead of tourist Amsterdamoriginal ↗
25 May 2026
I don't write code anymoreoriginal ↗
23 May 2026
My daily laptop and iPhone setup for sites on a VPS with Claude Codeoriginal ↗
22 May 2026
My latest Termius and tmux setup for every siteoriginal ↗
22 May 2026
Luxury products are really just meant for poor people to fake they're richoriginal ↗
21 May 2026
Barcelona has drug dens and violent crime in El Raval that Google Maps won't showoriginal ↗
17 May 2026
Hoodmaps.com now has crime dataoriginal ↗
17 May 2026
Ignoring mind viruses leads to a slippery slope of meat allergies from engineered ticksoriginal ↗
15 May 2026
Cloudflare is now the cheapest email provider at $354/mooriginal ↗
10 May 2026
Most EV chargers in Portugal are out of service thanks to EU subsidiesoriginal ↗
9 May 2026
I installed Cloudflare Tunnel to secure my VPS even further and block all inbound traffic on Hetzneroriginal ↗
6 May 2026
How keeping CO2 low with a bathroom fan gave me 100% sleep scoreoriginal ↗
5 May 2026
My gf banned from reviewing places on Google Maps in Europe after one 1-star revieworiginal ↗
5 May 2026
Airthings is the best air sensor after trying fakes and dodgy onesoriginal ↗
2 May 2026
I still haven't solved the CO2 bedroom challengeoriginal ↗
1 May 2026
Winning my first big Stripe dispute in a decade with a vibe coded responderoriginal ↗
30 Apr 2026
Claude was dumbified on March 4 exactly when we noticedoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2026
I open sourced my first Chrome extension SuperLevelsoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2026
My sites get 4 billion requests a year but I only pay $244/mo to host them on my own VPSoriginal ↗
18 Apr 2026
Europeans are all captivated by the mind virusoriginal ↗
16 Apr 2026
Made an auto-dispute response system for Interior AI to see how easy it'd beoriginal ↗
6 Apr 2026
Tech insiders avoid touchscreens and smart homes because they know the downsidesoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2026
Brazil's CPF catch-22 makes booking hotels impossible for touristsoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2026
April fool's pizzas in US are real pizzas in Braziloriginal ↗
1 Apr 2026
I made a free open source xdr boost app for macOS using claude code in 5 minutesoriginal ↗
1 Apr 2026
Why Portuguese businesses don't want more customers or to groworiginal ↗
30 Mar 2026
Give us more data to make sure it's you after we've been breachedoriginal ↗
28 Mar 2026
Argentinean meat is one of the worst in the world noworiginal ↗
27 Mar 2026
ChatControl is back with a vengeanceoriginal ↗
26 Mar 2026
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