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Notes

Short notes while I build — mirrored from what I post, so they have a home of their own. Longer blog posts are on their way.

2026
checking out Fable 5.1 today.

Wish me luck! 🧐

Screenshot of the Claude Code input bar in dark mode: a 'Queue another message…' field with a Remote Control button, the model chip 'Fable 5.1', an Auto toggle and a red stop button.

Are we going somewhere and is this normal for a new website?

I'm not a SEO-expert, so any feedback is welcome.

Thanks!

Google Search Console performance chart over 3 months (8 Jul – 1 Sep 2026): 3 clicks, 867 impressions, 0.3% CTR, average position 7.9. Impressions climb from near zero in July to a spike of about 85 per day at the end of August; clicks are three single-day blips.

What happened to Polymarket?

They were in the news a lot for the last two years, but I don't hear much about it anymore. Did people stop betting, or moved to Kalshi or so?

I read that https://infiniteslop.ai was written on the phone 🤯

Any of you have experience with phone coding? Can it be productive relative to MacBook?

Do you know the feeling that the weekend is over but you ask yourself what happened to it?

Sunday night blues is real

The best way to become a millionaire fast is to move to a high-inflation country and just wait……
How to win the attention game?

AI-generated poster in Matrix style: a runner in a black suit marked “AI” breaks through a glowing green FINISH ribbon, while a row of finish clocks behind him reads 10:58:46.00, .01, .02, .03 and on. A sign says: “Instead of thinking ‘this is good enough’, I keep going forever. I don’t know when to stop.”

I don't understand why people don't like statistics.

It's fun right?!

Wearables like smartwatches are great.

They give you insights into your sleep, HRV, heart rate, recovery, activity, and more.

But I keep wondering:

Once you know your own baseline, how much value does all that data actually have? 🧵

In the beginning, the insights can be really valuable.

You learn that you’re not sleeping enough, alcohol affects your sleep, or your recovery is worse after intense training.

But after a few months, you probably know your patterns.

So what’s the point of checking the same scores every morning?

Maybe the real value isn’t in showing you your score every day.

It’s in telling you when something is different from your normal.

“Your sleep has been worse than usual this week.”

“Your recovery is unusually low.”

That seems much more useful than another 82/100 sleep score.

And there’s a bigger question:

Do wearables actually help us become healthier?

Or do we eventually start optimizing for the score itself?

At some point, maybe the best wearable is the one you barely think about — but that tells you when something genuinely matters.

What do you think?

So Omarchy apparently is a new operating system?

I didn’t hear about it until today.

Has anyone experience with it?

What really would be fun is if Optimus could join you for a training ride on the bike?

Or become your running partner who keeps pace, tracks your stats, and never complains?

Would that feel useful… or weird?😅

My guess is that there will almost certainly be rules about what the robots are allowed to do.

Can it leave the house alone?

Can it enter public spaces?

Who is liable if something goes wrong?

And do you think your Optimus will be allowed to walk to the supermarket for you?

Or not allowed to leave someones home or property?

And what wil the relationship be between humans and these robots ?

Treat them like happy family members?

Or have them just for doing the boring tasks?

What’s your guess?

Would you buy an AI robot like Tesla’s Optimus?

A humanoid that cooks, cleans, carries groceries, and maybe even becomes your running buddy?

Curious what the real-world rules will look like…

Btw. Why are the .lol websites suddenly so popular?
What’s your go-to milder place in or close to Europe for longer winter stays; especially if you’re an expat, solo entrepreneur, or indie hacker.

And why does it work?

If I can work remotely, I want a practical winter base; good climate, reliable internet, decent facilities, and a community that works well for solo builders and expats. What’s actually worked for you?
Looking for places in or near Europe (non-EU is fine) with milder winters, solid infrastructure, and a nice atmosphere.

Ideally somewhere that feels welcoming for expats, solo entrepreneurs, and indie hackers.

That summer energy vs winter drag is real for me.

I’m not a fan of long, dark, cold winters if I can avoid them, so I’ve been thinking about better options.

Summer in certain European places is honestly great for getting stuff done.

Then winter comes and it can get cold, grey, and a bit draining.

Anyone else notice that shift hard?

In some parts of Europe, summer just makes everything easier.

Mild days, long light, and I end up getting a lot more done.

A 9-5 can quietly drain your mood and leave you in full bore-out.

Founders face a louder kind of hard — constant pressure, no off switch, everything on the line.

Which one actually feels heavier?

Sooo, AI takes over….

are we going to be the pet or the cow?

Let’s do some maxxing!

Vibe-maxxing or life-maxxing or something-maxxing!

❤️

Hi!

Looking for people here to meet and discus topics like

-build in public

-AI and vibe coding

-sport

-investing

Say 👋

I have a lot of respect for people who build in public.

It’s scary!

You can fail, which is very likely, and everyone can see it.

What helped you step over that line and just do it?

The competition for attention is real and strong.

It all comes down to getting people’s attention and keep it as long as possible.

Whether it’s with good content or nothing else that can generate traffic.

It also looks like organisations and individuals are willing to pay for that. That is what the whole advertising market is built on of course.

But seeing it up close ow is interesting and helpful in a way.

AI can produce for us. And 'they' can do that at an enormous rate.

They can also consume for us, buy for us, think for us, and act for us.

If you zoom out, it sure looks like we are replacing ourselves with AI, aren't we?

Illustration split between a beach and an office: a smiling man in a holiday shirt lounges in a deck chair with a coconut drink, giving a thumbs up, while a white humanoid robot sits at the desk working on a laptop marked “AI”, surrounded by machine-learning textbooks, a mug reading “Code. Solve. Impact. Repeat.” and a whiteboard that says “AI + HUMAN = A BETTER FUTURE”.

You have those days when you are building a lot, making large steps and fell good about it at the end of the day. I like those days!

And you have those days where you look at what you made and then spend days to improve it, debug it, and make it better. Yesterday and today I spent time on the latter 😅

Where did all the volatility go? Boring!

I guess it’s waiting on interest rates going further up. Although im not looking forward to that. It is going to happen but no one knows when.

Although some tweets from certain people can also work😅

Anyway, enjoy the ride!

On so many topics people have strong opinions or we think we have it right this time.

However, history shows that ‘being right’ not always lasted that long.

So, whenever you hear the latest news on some topic, don’t forget to listen to your gut as well.

Timeline infographic “Popular Health Beliefs That Were Later Disproven”. Nine widely accepted beliefs from the 1900s to the 2020s — smoking as relaxing, saturated fat as harmless, thalidomide in pregnancy, low-fat diets, daily aspirin, hormone replacement therapy, detox cleanses, low-to-moderate alcohol as heart-healthy, and ultra-processed food as only a calorie issue — each paired in red with the later evidence that overturned it.

Many of us believe that drinken one or two glasses of alcohol a few days per week was healthy. Recently more and more evidence shows that that’s not the case.

Are there others examples like this that we don’t yet know about?

Infographic titled “What we once believed was healthy… (that future evidence showed was not so simple)”. Six historical examples — moderate alcohol, vitamin E and beta-carotene supplements, low-fat diets, daily aspirin, hormone replacement therapy, and exercise seen purely as calories burned — each paired with what is understood now. Below: a five-step diagram of the recurring pattern from observation to disappointing trial result, and a watch list of ten current beliefs that might be the next surprises.

After you reach 40+ do you still start with new high-skill sports such as ice-skating and tennis?

Or should you stick to the sports you already know and master and add sports like cycling and hiking?

Flat vector illustration of a tennis player in white kit mid-serve — racket raised behind the head, ball tossed high against a pale blue sky above a green court.

What do you like more: observation or participation?
An all you can eat restaurant is such a strange but successful format.

Most people, including adults, can’t control themselves and eat way too much.

People mix all the food they can find.

It’s the opposite of ‘fine dining’.

For me the attractive part is that you can regularly leave the table and walk around. That’s fun!

When was the last time you went to an all you can eat place?

Is Opus 12 going to feel like the iPhone 12?

Just a small iteration that no one really notices?

Or is it going to be something else. And if so, what else?

One of my projects finally gets a name: EnduranceProof.

Endurance sports have been part of my life for as long as I can remember.

Now I get to dig into what actually makes you faster — and share a fresh deep-dive every week.

https://enduranceproof.com

Poster: a kettlebell, two hex dumbbells and a workout bench standing in lakeside grass at golden hour, under the handwritten title “Off to the gym now” and the line “Sometimes you’re not in the mood, but afterwards you never regret it.”

Hi Everyone!

I would love to connect with people with the same interest en grow and learn together!

🏗️ Building in public

🤖 AI and LLMs

🚀 Startups and indie hacking

💰 Investing

🥎 Sports & sport science

What is the success rate of a builder, indie hacker, solo-entrepreneur over a time period of 1 to 2 years, of succes is defined as being financial independent from an employer?

I like to calculate risks 😃

Don’t forget to spend time with your family and loved ones. Luckily I had a great day with family.

I read the book last year; the 5 types of wealth from Sahil Bloom, and then you re-realise how important it is to do that.

So, spend your time well

Apparently it’s Saturday today 😅

Are you guys working today, or take the day off?

Question for entrepreneurs, solo-entrepreneurs and other small businesses: What is it you pay to much for per month?
I went to Norway last year. It was so beautiful.

I made this picture during a hike. The nature is stunning. However, the weather was awful. Maybe we were unlucky, but more than half of the two-weeks holiday was rainy.

How is your experience of Norway?

Two streams of meltwater tumbling down a mossy Norwegian hillside between bare birch trees and rust-coloured heather, with snow-streaked mountains under a grey, overcast sky

Enjoyed a nice evening 🏊 in a nature lake about 25 min from my 🏡 . So nice to have that in the neighborhood.

When you move, pay attention to a green environment.

Can’t tell that often enough

Is there room for another endurance sports science platform/ website?

I hope so….

Another ATH today!
The weather is so nice today but so warm at the same time, that going outside is not the ‘it’s nice outside’ as expected
I know I’m still a small account. But anyone out there that wants to connect on AI- building, sports(science) and /or investing?
Is buying Google adds still a thing?

How effective is it compared to other strategies?

I’m in doubt. I’m building a platform with some branding.

Should I create a separate X-account for that or not?

I see many people that built a product or so create a new X-account for that.

Should I do that too?

It’s interesting. I have friend in IT that work a lot with AI now as well. But I also have friends who have different jobs and have no clue about the current capabilities of AI. The difference in understanding of the transition or shift we are experiencing is huge!

Sometimes it is almost like some people don’t want to know what’s happening with AI and look the other way.

Hopefully Opus 6 is going to be more frugal with my tokens than Opus 5 and Fable 5.

I don’t want to upgrade my Claude Max plan.

In the morning, before starting, I wake Claude up with a “good morning” so he can start the 5-hour time frame 😄

I have to get smarter in my token use in relation to the requested task.

Burn through my tokens to fast with fable 5 as default model.

How do you manage that?

There are smart ways to do that automatically right?

Next week is going to be an exciting week again.

Want to minimise the distractions to sports, food and sleep 😃

Let’s see how that plan works out.

Let you know next Sunday 😊

Call it the week.

Mock advertising poster: a dark office at night, a laptop showing the Claude wordmark next to a red LED display reading “CLAUDE CREDITS 0 — WEEKLY RESET IN 8:47:59”. Headline: “If you didn’t finish your weekly Claude credits, you know you didn’t work hard enough.”

Fable 5 safeguards are flagging way too much!

What happens if the prices get auto-downgraded to Opus 5. Do you still use the Fable-token-rate or does it change to Opus-token-rate as well?

I have some project where prompts get flagged 9/10 times!

Everyone else also switching between Fable and Opus like this?

We first want to max out our fable tokens for the week to make sure we use the best model and use Opus for left over days of the week?

Photo of a phone screen showing two usage bars side by side: Fable 5 at 100% (a full green bar) and Opus 5 at 25% (mostly empty).

Poster headed “Anthropic Claude code limit reached. So going to have a break and going to the gym.”, with a panel reading “Code limit reached · API usage limit exceeded · 100% · Please try again later”, a pencil drawing of a man walking away into a gym, and the handwritten line “Time for a reset. Moving my body, clearing my mind.”

It's too easy for me to forget the 80/20 rule (Pareto Principle).

I keep on going to make things better forever, which keeps me from reaching the original goal fast.

Any tips to fix this?

I had the Apple Watch 6 for a while. But at some point it made me nervous.

Then I changed to Garmin Vivo smart 5, but the UI is terrible and I never fully understood every corner in the menu.

Now I’m thinking to go back to Apple Watch.

Should I wait a few more months for the new version? Or are there other good alternatives?

I think the combination of AI and quantum computing will be a new era.

One that we cannot image yet.

One beyond human comprehension.

If we are all still there, get a bag of 🍿

Took a day off today. That happens very irregularly. I don’t look at week days or weekends. When I’m in the flow I continue, but when I need to think or need some different perspective, it helps me to get out in nature and get some distance.

The next day i always feel energetic and inspired again.

How do you cope with those days?

Build first, then sell?

Or sell first, then build?

Is it all about being fast now?

Building a brand takes time and take a different approach than building something lean and mean and shipping fast.

I question scope creep is an easy trap to fall into, whatever you’re building, right?

Now that AI is replacing everything we know. Is there something that’s gonna replace AI in the future too again?

The way this happened in similar cycles before?

Or is AI the endgame?

As an Indie hacker / early founder: how are you registered tax-wise? especially in early stages when you don't know if things are going to work out.

Are you registered as a company? small individual entrepeneur? Or not (yet) registered at all?

When you love being active and doing sports, don't let a injury stop you from being active.

Keep doing what you can.

- If you have an injured elbow, you can still do leg-day or run or cycle.

- If you hurt your knee, you can still go to the gym and do a bunch of exercises that doesn't involve that knee.

- If you have a sore ankle, you can still do leg-extensions.

The point being: a full stop ruins what you have build up, recovery needs activity too.

And when your injury is over you can start working on solving any asymmetric performance that might exist (for example, when training you non-injured leg).

Keep going and have some variation in your sports. It reduces risk of injury en gives you alternatives when you have one.

What is the largest point of no return we’re facing at the moment?

And what are the consequences?

time for a break!

looking at the bright side 😅

Screenshot of the Claude Code input bar with an orange banner across the top reading “You've hit your session limit · resets in 59m”, next to a “View usage” link.

don't forget to go outdoor today!
Don't let anyone stop you in following your dreams.

To many people reflect back and found out that happend, and maybe a long time ago.

Keep those youthful and sometimes, irrational dream, passion and goals.

I’m building something.

A few things actually. It’s more like a platform or a community for a large niche. I don’t even know exactly where it’s heading.

I don’t know how to monetise it or whether that will ever be possible. But I’m still continuing with it. For the passion of the subject and the energy I get from building with vibe coding.

Is that stupid?

It looks like everyone is building and shipping with their business model in mind right from the start.

I’ll share more if it in the coming weeks or months!

If you ever have the opportunity to buy a house, pay attention to the environment.

A park, some nature is extremely important.

It will be a place where can get some piece of mind, a place where you do exercise or have a quite evening stroll.

You might not appreciate it now, but your future self will.

If you go to the gym regularly, remind yourself that you are doing this for yourself. 100%

No one knows your injury history, your medical history, what you're recovering from, or what you are training for.

Enjoy your me-time, or a social gym session with friends.

But go

How much long will the AI models, their prices, efficiency, etc, be part of our daily conversation?

Chart: AI model per-token pricing (input and output $ per 1M tokens, August 2026) and a cost-efficiency ranking of the major models

We all know that ones environment is important for a healthy lifestyle and that your environment should encourage healthy behavior.

But when I'm in the supermarket at the checkout and see what other people bring home, I see so much unhealthy and processed food; while the healthy food is there as well, right in front of you. Inviting you to buy it!

In most European countries the fruit and vegetables are quite affordable.

What should be done about this? And should something be done about this at all?

On one side: we wish everyone to live a healthier life. It comes with some many benefits. energy level, doctor costs, quality of life, etc.

On the other side: There is freedom of choice that we want to keep, right?

But also: Do we want the government to intervene with 'sugar tax' or 'healthy-food labels'? Or tax certain unhealthy food?

That also begs the question: what is unhealthy food? How do we define that? And does portions size matter, especially when healthy food becomes unhealthy only when eaten to much of it?

Anyone here who can solve this? 😀

Some surprising representation here tbh. But if this is close to the truth, what does it mean?

what does it mean for the foreseeable 10-years-future?

Chart: AI adoption per region versus the world average of 17.8% (Q1 2026, Microsoft AI Diffusion, share of working-age population) — Europe, North America, parts of Asia and the Middle East above average; China, India and most of Africa and Latin America below

Maybe the different AI models will end up like the car brands.

They all get you from A to B

However, some are safer than others.

Some make less mistakes.

Some get you there faster.

Some are more comfortable and/pr user friendly.

What do you think? Does this metaphor makes sense?

If you are hitting the gym, go easy on exercises and movements you haven’t done before. I would almost say you can’t be too careful, especially if you’re above 40. Don’t go all in right away.

Get familiar with it. Get it right first. The days after you will feel muscles react to it (DOMS; delayed onset muscle soreness is fine) Don’t worry too much about that but injuries you should avoid at all costs.

Most important is to stay in the game

If whatever is created by AI has little more value than the tokens that it cost to make it, then where ís the real value?

Will real value go back to “made by real humans”?

Guess we’ll have to see. But we’re definitely in a very fast transitional phase!

It looks like AI is overshadowing all other interesting discussion topics at the moment
Things move forward fast. What we thought would happen 2 years from now is actually happening this week.

Great time to be alive! Developments on the hockey stick happen faster and faster.

It has never been easier and there was never a better time then starting your business now.

If you can bring value to the company as an employee then you can also do that for your own company.

Do it!

What’s better? Reading a book or writing one? I like the idea of both.

Absorbing what other people wrote down can be very inspiring.

On the other hand, writing is one of best ways to organise your thoughts and is a concrete product of your thinking and thoughts, which can be very productive.

I would like to do more of both.

Any ideas for good books?

What’s the difference between an entrepreneur (that started a business from scratch) and a founder?

Founder sounds cooler I have to say and implies growing business that passed the startup phase, while an entrepreneur’s business is not necessarily growing.

Do more people share this view?

It has never been more difficult to extrapolate far into the future than now.

Historically there are phase-transition that ate hard to predict.

The rise of AI makes it almost impossible to imagine what the world will look like tomorrow

I read a lot about AI-slop being made everywhere. AI-slop-text, AI-slop animations.

I truly believe there is a market for quality content where there is a human-AI co-creation.

My knowledge, skills and passion lies around topics like sports, methodology of (public) health science, investing and vibe-coding all kind of things.

Any ideas?

Love to hear some

Hi everyone, I'm trying to become more entrepreneurial 😀; would like to start some projects and work out some idea's. have been vibe-coding for 9 months now and love it!
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