It should be possible for an only-know-enough-to-be-dangerous developer nerd like me to replace Patreon with a Stripe stack somehow? My newsletter on Buttondown and blog on Ghost both can use it… feels like it should be possible?

Flu / COVID / microchip update edition of my #selfie a day for a year, day 86, Nov 12, 2025 edition.

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Hanging with Mark Ruffalo and watching Task.

#Selfie a day for a year, day 85, Nov 11, 2025 edition.

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Had a little dark mode issue in this week’s 🍋 newsletter. Somehow in pasting In Flander’s Fields it got hidden if you have your email app in dark mode. Should be viewable as normal in the archives.

Whatever you think Apple is charging for it’s updated iPhone socks, I can almost guarantee they’re pricing it higher than you think.

Selfie, coffee, & dog.

#Selfie a day for a year, day 84, Nov 10, 2025 edition.

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Finished writing up my Life as a Lemon newsletter and scheduled it to go out tomorrow (Tuesday) a.m. Subscribe here if you’d like an email from me most Tuesdays. 🍋

Alright let’s write some words into text fields and button this newsletter thing down: Hang out on whichever channel you like best.

If the stars align, maybe I’ll pull a Wilto and livestream some newsletter writing in a bit. Subscribe to Twitch or 🍋YT on my blog to get notified if you want to hang out.

I also just realized my blog has a CMD-K search feature by accident. Ghost feature I assume?

Accountability post: I will not eat more than 2(ish) of these this morning. 😆😋

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