Incorporating Magic Pages
Running Magic Pages has been an incredible journey so far. It started as a side project, and now consistently makes more money than my full time job. So, it'
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Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
University drop-out turned web developer, building Magic Pages, a Ghost CMS hosting service. On this blog I share insights from my entrepreneurial journey.
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Not For Scale? How I replaced NFS storage on Magic Pages
As most of you know, I am running Magic Pages, a managed Ghost CMS hosting platform. And if you've followed this blog, you might also remember that for
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A Tale of Self Sabotage
I still remember. Around two weeks ago, when I was sitting on the very couch I am writing this blog, I thought I was super smart. Learned a new technology
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Trying to get ActivityPub running as well
I just read Cathy's blog post about getting ActivityPub started: Getting ActivityPub running... well, not yet.Spectral Web ServicesCathy Sarisky, Ghost Expert Since I want to get ActivityPub
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Winter Database Clean-Up
Imagine you're running a restaurant. When you first start, you have a single fridge in the kitchen. As you grow and add more dishes to your menu, you
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Can you copy-paste yourself to success?
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MRR goes brr
So, it happened. Magic Pages just hit the $1,000 MRR milestone! Or, for those of you who haven't been indoctrinated by the Twitter hustle culture: $1,000
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An Apple a day...
"Wow, you're getting rid of your last Apple device?" – that's what my wife asked me the other day, when I told her about my
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Move Slow and Don't F****** Break Things
I have worked in start-ups in Berlin for nearly 6 years. One sentence I heard too many times was "Move fast and break things". Ughhh. I have really
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Going full circle
Remember the good old days? When you wouldn't just buy an off-the-shelf MacBook, but carefully assembled your computer hardware? Waiting for all the components to arrive, to then
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When Plans Pan Out
Back in March and April, there were some severe outages on Magic Pages. Some led to a downtime of 2-3 hours. That was everything but good. Maybe you remember, I
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I Decided Against the Easy Route for My Business
A few days ago, I made a decision that will have a lasting impact on – at least – the next five years of my business. It's a decision that
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