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Leo Marchand is the pen name of Margin's founding editor - a software builder and operator writing about technology, business, and earning money online. Sourcing and corrections: see our Editorial Policy.
Brett Williams sells design as a subscription with one request at a time and a 48-hour turnaround, alone. The price started at $449 a month in 2017 and took three years to pass $10k a month.
Pete Codes published every dollar No CS Degree earned, including the year it lost money. The site was never the business: it was six years of proof that sold something else.
For tax years beginning after 2025 the nonemployee compensation reporting threshold is $2,000, not $600. What that changes, the four things it does not, and the 24% arithmetic behind the form everyone skips.
Article 50 of the EU AI Act applies from 2 August 2026. Which of the four duties attaches to you, the editorial-review exemption that takes most publishers out of scope, and why the headline 3% fine is the wrong number for a small company.
John O'Nolan funded Ghost with a 2013 Kickstarter for software that barely existed, then structured it as a non-profit so it could never be sold. The public dashboard now shows eight figures of recurring revenue.
DORA found AI adoption raises throughput and instability together. The fix is not another tool: it is a size ceiling, a written approval rule, and repository settings that enforce both.
The best product research is already written, by frustrated people, in public, for free. A practical method for turning complaints into a validated problem list.