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brutal foreigner's view on Portugal", "url": "https://levels.io/cdk-podcast-portugal-brutal-view", "published_at": "2025-09-24T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799d496a840", "title": "It turns out Mark Manson was mostly right about Brazil", "url": "https://levels.io/mark-manson-right-about-brazil", "published_at": "2025-09-18T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799d549754b", "title": "Jesus was a Jewish hippie that went backpacking in India", "url": "https://levels.io/jesus-jewish-hippie-backpacking-india-buddhism", "published_at": "2025-08-30T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799d58ee2a0", "title": "Correlation between screen size and your importance in the company", "url": "https://levels.io/screen-size-vs-importance-in-company", "published_at": "2025-08-25T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799d684b747", "title": "10g of creatine per day", "url": "https://levels.io/10g-of-creatine-per-day", "published_at": "2025-07-19T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799d710a57e", "title": "Europe must stop restricting air conditioning or heat deaths will hit 500,000 per year", "url": "https://levels.io/europe-must-allow-air-conditioning-to-cut-heat-deaths", "published_at": "2025-07-11T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799d729cc0c", "title": "Stripe Podcast: A Cheeky Pint with John Collison", "url": "https://levels.io/stripe-cheeky-pint-john-collison", "published_at": "2025-07-09T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799d758e331", "title": "Chinese pigs are treated better than the average European", "url": "https://levels.io/chinese-pigs-treated-better-than-average-european", "published_at": "2025-07-06T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799d81164ee", "title": "Spain's meteorological agency says healthy people should not use air conditioning", "url": "https://levels.io/spain-meteorological-agency-air-conditioning", "published_at": "2025-07-06T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799d834b49d", "title": "Silence is high IQ", "url": "https://levels.io/silence-is-high-iq", "published_at": "2025-07-05T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799d8c09fab", "title": "More Europeans die from heat than Americans from shootings", "url": "https://levels.io/more-europeans-die-from-heat-than-americans-from-shootings", "published_at": "2025-07-04T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799d96cac41", "title": "My friend lives in a tent in his house in Portugal because neighbors ban real AC", "url": "https://levels.io/friend-lives-in-tent-portugal-ac-bans", "published_at": "2025-07-02T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799d9d1b8ec", "title": "I made a trailer for the future of humanity (e/acc)", "url": "https://levels.io/trailer-for-the-future-of-humanity", "published_at": "2025-06-22T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799dab3f03c", "title": "South Asian immigrants in Portugal game welfare for passports and EU access", "url": "https://levels.io/south-asian-immigrants-portugal-welfare", "published_at": "2025-06-17T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799db3d8271", "title": "I randomly discovered Dubai has an absolutely massive solar farm", "url": "https://levels.io/dubai-massive-solar-farm", "published_at": "2025-06-15T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799db968a48", "title": "Visiting my API provider FAL in San Francisco", "url": "https://levels.io/visiting-fal-api-provider-san-francisco", "published_at": "2025-05-21T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799db9e190b", "title": "Visiting OpenAI's office in San Francisco and seeing the city's improvements", "url": "https://levels.io/visiting-openai-office-san-francisco-changes", "published_at": "2025-05-11T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799dc2a7392", "title": "Electricity is down in entire Portugal and Spain peninsula", "url": "https://levels.io/electricity-down-portugal-spain-peninsula", "published_at": "2025-04-28T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799dd268f25", "title": "The only thing young people in Southern Europe can do is drink and smoke", "url": "https://levels.io/young-people-southern-europe-drink-smoke", "published_at": "2025-04-26T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799ddb80bab", "title": "Winners of the 2025 vibe code game jam", "url": "https://levels.io/winners-of-the-2025-vibe-code-game-jam", "published_at": "2025-04-23T00:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a07d5d-7f52-71ad-a3b4-b799dde8a417", "title": "Europe wants to reduce its anti-AI act and GDPR to compete in AI", "url": "https://levels.io/europe-reduce-anti-ai-act", "published_at": "2025-04-10T00:00:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2026

Daniel Radcliffe makes $660,000/mo from investments in perfect fire story original ↗

21 Mar 2026

The irony that traveling on less than $1,000 a month is more fun than luxury travel original ↗

16 Mar 2026

Quake III server now runs in the browser 7 years later original ↗

16 Mar 2026

European governments reject net positive Italian brazilians but welcome culture destroying immigrants original ↗

14 Mar 2026

OpenClaw's real power user is my girlfriend chatting with it in Telegram original ↗

6 Mar 2026

Photoai.com is a 40,870 line index.php making 105,000/mo revenue and 80,000/mo profit original ↗

6 Mar 2026

I ran Claude Code on the server in bypass mode and outran my todo list original ↗

28 Feb 2026

Built my own gaussian splat viewer for Interior AI original ↗

24 Feb 2026

How to build a bootstrapped startup without funding original ↗

24 Feb 2026

1983 Wall Street Raiders game reverse engineered from 115,000 lines of BASIC original ↗

21 Feb 2026

Steipete on why Europe can't retain talent due to regulations and labor laws original ↗

17 Feb 2026

Added dark mode to my http proxy for reading on kindle original ↗

16 Feb 2026

Things in your house slowly poisoning you and what to change them to original ↗

9 Feb 2026

Visiting Brazil's biggest indie hacker meetup original ↗

7 Feb 2026

My dad the cardiologist got free family holidays from Pfizer to prescribe their drugs original ↗

5 Feb 2026

My friend on SSRIs tried to convince me I have generational trauma original ↗

4 Feb 2026

EU countries are now trying to censor speech on social media nationally after DSA failed original ↗

3 Feb 2026

You absolutely cannot trust Germans with nukes original ↗

2 Feb 2026

I'm so done with real estate agents original ↗

2 Feb 2026

Europe's 28th regime could create a Delaware for startups original ↗

20 Jan 2026

Europe's tax system discourages hard work and new businesses original ↗

20 Jan 2026

The era of fake e-girl influencers has started original ↗

15 Jan 2026

Moved all my sites LLM APIs now to xAI original ↗

13 Jan 2026

Women are most attracted to men who believe in astrology original ↗

12 Jan 2026

Freezing bread from the local bakery solves sellouts and lowers blood sugar spikes original ↗

11 Jan 2026

Luxury is absolutely done in the West but still exists in Asia and the Gulf states original ↗

4 Jan 2026

Map of South America as the United States of Amazonia original ↗

3 Jan 2026

2025

I glued an AirTag to a yogurt box to track if recycling is real original ↗

23 Dec 2025

The oceans are full of plastic exactly because you recycle original ↗

23 Dec 2025

I bought over $1M in Google because Sergey returned and they're winning AI original ↗

17 Dec 2025

Sergey Brin got so bored of his $450M yacht he had to create things again original ↗

15 Dec 2025

Qatar Airways business class gets you special arrival reception at Doha original ↗

14 Dec 2025

Why Koreans didn't get richer original ↗

14 Dec 2025

I got 100+ mbps plane internet on Qatar Airways with Starlink original ↗

13 Dec 2025

Amap is my favorite navigation app in China original ↗

13 Dec 2025

Chinese EVs are beating German cars with better software and innovation original ↗

13 Dec 2025

The EU is in control of what you see online thanks to the Digital Services Act original ↗

13 Dec 2025

NIO is another very popular EV brand in China original ↗

13 Dec 2025

Advice I give 5 minutes after meeting somebody new original ↗

11 Dec 2025

The European Commission is the cancer rotting the EU from within original ↗

9 Dec 2025

China can be very cheap with $300 Chongqing hotel suites and $20 rooms original ↗

7 Dec 2025

Chinese tourism is 95% domestic making China feel like the only foreigner there original ↗

7 Dec 2025

Restaurants in China show their menus as photos on the wall original ↗

6 Dec 2025

Never fly directly into Lisbon from outside Europe to skip immigration original ↗

6 Dec 2025

Chongqing looks gray and derelict without its night lights and needs better maintenance original ↗

5 Dec 2025

Chinese high speed trains are now faster than the Japanese Shinkansen original ↗

4 Dec 2025

Arriving in Chongqing and China's LED lit skyline versus Europe saving energy original ↗

4 Dec 2025

I took the high speed train in China today original ↗

4 Dec 2025

Western double standards on China versus Japan city lights original ↗

4 Dec 2025

China's train security is stricter than TSA original ↗

3 Dec 2025

Getting the China flu after arriving and why to wear an N95 on planes original ↗

3 Dec 2025

Never bring a knife to China because DHL and customs make shipping impossible original ↗

3 Dec 2025

I got the China cough after 4 days in China original ↗

29 Nov 2025

Rich BigTech wives destabilizing society from 2016 to 2023 via giant NGO donations original ↗

29 Nov 2025

Chinese brands replacing Western brands in China original ↗

28 Nov 2025

Rentable powerbanks in China scan with Alipay but would get stolen in US or Europe original ↗

28 Nov 2025

Western people used in Chinese marketing to represent quality original ↗

28 Nov 2025

We've literally just lost power in Europe original ↗

28 Nov 2025

Beijing uses robot arms at toll booths original ↗

27 Nov 2025

China airport confiscated our power banks without CCC certification original ↗

27 Nov 2025

The Russian connection in China doesn't stop original ↗

27 Nov 2025

Woke up in Beijing's Summer Palace built in 1750 as a birthday gift original ↗

27 Nov 2025

Got Alipay to work in China as proxy for Didi Meituan and Baidu original ↗

26 Nov 2025

Russians are traveling to China a lot because they're blocked from most places original ↗

26 Nov 2025

I started lifting weights at 30 and gained 30kg of muscle original ↗

26 Nov 2025

China isn't easy to travel original ↗

25 Nov 2025

Netherlands changes stock options tax to US system for startups original ↗

21 Nov 2025

EU is finally scaling down GDPR, AI Act and cookie banner laws original ↗

20 Nov 2025

Only the US and China have actual substantial startup activity now original ↗

17 Nov 2025

EU ChatControl is back with even more far reaching surveillance through the back door original ↗

13 Nov 2025

Singapore too is now compromised by degrowthers original ↗

10 Nov 2025

European Commission denies my request for GPUs original ↗

27 Oct 2025

EU's AI factory plan requires proposals while Lambda gives you 8x H100s in 5 minutes original ↗

24 Oct 2025

I can't use the EU's GPUs because Horizon 2020 closed in 2020 original ↗

24 Oct 2025

EU AI factories have 500x less compute than xAI original ↗

23 Oct 2025

EU AI factories require proposal calls and endless ethical questionnaires instead of simple GPU access original ↗

23 Oct 2025

levels.vc - my investment fund original ↗

1 Oct 2025

Get a VPS at Hetzner already original ↗

29 Sept 2025

Counter-law to let all European citizens read any EU politician's chats original ↗

28 Sept 2025

CdK Podcast: A brutal foreigner's view on Portugal original ↗

24 Sept 2025

It turns out Mark Manson was mostly right about Brazil original ↗

18 Sept 2025

Jesus was a Jewish hippie that went backpacking in India original ↗

30 Aug 2025

Correlation between screen size and your importance in the company original ↗

25 Aug 2025

10g of creatine per day original ↗

19 Jul 2025

Europe must stop restricting air conditioning or heat deaths will hit 500,000 per year original ↗

11 Jul 2025

Stripe Podcast: A Cheeky Pint with John Collison original ↗

9 Jul 2025

Chinese pigs are treated better than the average European original ↗

6 Jul 2025

Spain's meteorological agency says healthy people should not use air conditioning original ↗

6 Jul 2025

Silence is high IQ original ↗

5 Jul 2025

More Europeans die from heat than Americans from shootings original ↗

4 Jul 2025

My friend lives in a tent in his house in Portugal because neighbors ban real AC original ↗

2 Jul 2025

I made a trailer for the future of humanity (e/acc)original ↗

22 Jun 2025

South Asian immigrants in Portugal game welfare for passports and EU access original ↗

17 Jun 2025

I randomly discovered Dubai has an absolutely massive solar farm original ↗

15 Jun 2025

Visiting my API provider FAL in San Francisco original ↗

21 May 2025

Visiting OpenAI's office in San Francisco and seeing the city's improvements original ↗

11 May 2025

Electricity is down in entire Portugal and Spain peninsula original ↗

28 Apr 2025

The only thing young people in Southern Europe can do is drink and smoke original ↗

26 Apr 2025

Winners of the 2025 vibe code game jam original ↗

23 Apr 2025

Europe wants to reduce its anti-AI act and GDPR to compete in AI original ↗

10 Apr 2025