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ChatGPT ad targeting is garbage original ↗

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My experience buying ads in ChatGPT: the good, the bad and the ugly original ↗

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Sloptastic original ↗

10 Aug 2026

Investigating ChatGPT for advertising my software original ↗

12 May 2026

Support is wild in an age of AI original ↗

8 May 2026

Stop Publishing Garbage Data, It’s Embarrassing original ↗

29 Mar 2026

Transform Messy Data into Insights with Easy Data Transform Advanced Edition original ↗

11 Mar 2026

2025

Is the golden age of Indie software over?original ↗

22 Dec 2025

Updating application icons for macOS 26 Tahoe and Liquid Glass original ↗

26 Sept 2025

How many elephants?original ↗

24 Sept 2025

Software upgrade economics: some real numbers original ↗

21 Aug 2025

What I learned spending $851 on Reddit Ads original ↗

11 Aug 2025

The Online Safety Act for forum owners original ↗

29 Jul 2025

Pay to play: The ugly truth behind top 5 rankings original ↗

11 Jul 2025

Eurovision 2025 Jury vs Public Vote Discrepancies original ↗

19 May 2025

Reaching 3 million page views on my blog original ↗

11 Mar 2025

A quick experiment with generative AI original ↗

25 Feb 2025

20 years working on the same software product original ↗

21 Feb 2025

Setting up a new PC original ↗

16 Feb 2025

2024

The heat death of the Internet original ↗

6 Dec 2024

Rocket science for teenagers original ↗

2 Dec 2024

Inputting and outputting to Excel XLSX/XLS using the LibXL library original ↗

27 Nov 2024

Easy Data Transform v2 original ↗

29 Oct 2024

Making your own hot sauce original ↗

4 Aug 2024

Visiting Tanzania original ↗

1 Aug 2024

It might be a good thing if someone hates your product original ↗

25 Feb 2024

The AI bullshit singularity original ↗

18 Feb 2024

Visual vs text based programming, which is better?original ↗

16 Jan 2024

2023

Winterfest 2023 original ↗

21 Dec 2023

What is the index of an empty string in an empty string?original ↗

13 Dec 2023

Ship Of Fools original ↗

19 Sept 2023

Summerfest 2023 original ↗

21 Jul 2023

Oryx Digital sponsored team wins gold at International Rocketry Challenge original ↗

29 Jun 2023

Experiences promoting niche software original ↗

23 May 2023

Moving from altool to notarytool for Mac notarization original ↗

28 Apr 2023

Adventures in content marketing original ↗

28 Feb 2023

Renewing my authenticode digital certificate original ↗

25 Feb 2023

2022

Winterfest 2022 original ↗

30 Dec 2022

12 rules for software business happiness original ↗

5 Dec 2022

Easy Data Transform progress original ↗

29 Nov 2022

Discussing lifestyle businesses on Bootstrapped.fm podcast original ↗

16 Oct 2022

Creating a Mac Universal binary for Intel and ARM M1/M2 with Qt original ↗

30 Sept 2022

Fogbugz goes dark original ↗

20 Sept 2022

Software Startup Founders Academy original ↗

1 Sept 2022

Summerfest 2022 original ↗

23 Jun 2022

No-one knows what they are doing original ↗

19 Jun 2022

Why isn’t there a decent file format for tabular data?original ↗

30 Apr 2022

Verifone seems to be having issues processing UK payments original ↗

14 Apr 2022

Positioning Software in a Crowded Market original ↗

15 Mar 2022

Making explainer videos for your software original ↗

31 Jan 2022

2021

WinterFest 2021 original ↗

28 Dec 2021

A Windows Developer in Mac Land original ↗

24 Oct 2021

Battlesnake original ↗

13 Oct 2021

SummerFest 2021 original ↗

12 Jul 2021

Garry Kasparov is a class act original ↗

20 May 2021

WTF Google Ads?original ↗

4 May 2021

How to add a dark theme to your Qt application original ↗

31 Mar 2021

Creating a forum for your product original ↗

15 Mar 2021

Adding colour schemes to Easy Data Transform original ↗

10 Mar 2021

Stalking website visitors with Microsoft Clarity original ↗

7 Mar 2021

Running Qt apps on M1 ARM Macs original ↗

5 Mar 2021

2020

Issues with Qt applications on macOS 11.0 (Big Sur)original ↗

7 Dec 2020

Upgrading to MacOS 11.0 (Big Sur)original ↗

4 Dec 2020

Microsoft PPC broad match goes nuts original ↗

17 Sept 2020

How I finally beat my son at a computer game original ↗

28 Aug 2020

Google Ads can charge you anything they like for a click on their partner network original ↗

21 Aug 2020

Easy Data Transform v1.6.0 original ↗

12 Jun 2020

Analyzing COVID19 data with Easy Data Transform original ↗

5 May 2020

Easy Data Transform v1.1.0 original ↗

15 Feb 2020

2019

Easy Data Transform v1.0.0 released original ↗

20 Dec 2019

Eating my own dogfood original ↗

16 Dec 2019

The Hacker News effect – wide but not deep original ↗

7 Oct 2019

Easy Data Transform video original ↗

11 Sept 2019

Easy Data Transform original ↗

19 Jul 2019

Bloviate original ↗

2 Apr 2019

2018

How to notarize your software on macOS original ↗

16 Nov 2018

Qt is broken on macOS right now original ↗

2 Nov 2018

30 tips for creating great software releases original ↗

17 Apr 2018

Chrome SSL certificate issue original ↗

9 Apr 2018

Getting Qt 5.9 working on Windows (eventually)original ↗

8 Apr 2018

Tracking your sales pipeline original ↗

21 Mar 2018

Deciding what features to implement original ↗

19 Feb 2018

Flying in a f**king jet original ↗

12 Feb 2018

Volunteering Your IT Skills original ↗

4 Feb 2018

2017

Bundlefox review original ↗

27 Jun 2017

It’s OK not to have a social media strategy (really)original ↗

15 Mar 2017

Why you should create a ‘honeypot’ page original ↗

10 Mar 2017

How much code can a coder code?original ↗

10 Feb 2017

Choosing a market for your software original ↗

3 Feb 2017

2016

Giving a shit original ↗

15 Dec 2016

Promoting your software through 1-day sales and bundles original ↗

13 Dec 2016

Google CPA bidding goes wild original ↗

5 Dec 2016

How to make difficult decisions original ↗

5 Sept 2016

Hammer For Mac static website generator original ↗

13 Jul 2016

Updating the PerfectTablePlan website original ↗

21 Jun 2016

Pretty printing C++ with Clang-Format original ↗

9 May 2016

Things you don’t need for v1.0 original ↗

14 Feb 2016

What every software vendor needs to know about SHA1/SHA2 and digital certificates original ↗

22 Jan 2016

Software products are *not* passive income original ↗

18 Jan 2016