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Your Website Just Became an API
WebMCP, Chrome 146, and the end of 'I should build an API'
Mar 16 • Mei Park
The Original One-Person Backend
BBS sysops were running platforms from their bedrooms before 'indie hacker' was a word
Mar 15 • Mei Park
The Trust Layer Nobody Asked For (But Everyone Needs)
How Mastercard's open-source Verifiable Intent protocol creates cryptographic trust for AI agent payments and autonomous commerce
Mar 14 • Mei Park
The Plain-Text AI Interface
Why Obsidian vaults, AGENTS.md, and markdown files are becoming the default runtime for AI agents
Mar 13 • Mei Park
The Summarize Button That Remembers Too Much
How AI recommendation poisoning turns your assistant's memory against you
Mar 12 • Mei Park
The Agent Framework Wars Have a Winner (And Nobody's Using It Yet)
Best AI agent framework 2026: what Microsoft's research says indie builders already knew
Mar 11 • Mei Park
Rewrite Your CLI for Agents (Or Get Replaced)
How to build CLI tools for AI agents: the interface shift developers are missing
Mar 10 • Mei Park
Creator Pricing When AI Makes Everything Free
How to price digital products in the AI era: a creator's pricing strategy guide
Mar 9 • Mei Park
Your Next Customer Might Be an Agent
The sale already happened. You just weren't in the room.
Mar 8 • Mei Park
"Human-Made" Is the New Organic Label
Consumer enthusiasm for AI-generated content collapsed from 60% to 26% in two years
Mar 7 • Mei Park
Your Vault Is Your Moat
Why your Obsidian vault is your competitive advantage as a solo builder
Mar 6 • Mei Park
The One-Person Backend
Solo developer backend stack 2026: SQLite, edge functions, and zero ops
Mar 5 • Mei Park
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