Marty's Blog

Hey, I'm Marty. I build things, shut them down, and write about what I learn along the way. This blog is where I share the honest side of building businesses and products — the wins, the failures, and the stuff nobody warns you about.

Apr 21, 2026

Writing Jira Tickets That Dont Suck

Mar 6, 2026

"I Just Paste Tickets into Claude Code and Hang Out"

Oct 24, 2025

Success Is About Leverage

Oct 22, 2025

FINALLY did it.

Oct 3, 2025

I Built a Vitamin, Not a Painkiller

Sep 21, 2025

What Quitting Actually Did

Aug 26, 2025

Treating Business Like a Game

Jul 21, 2025

Did You Hire a Designer for This?

Mar 21, 2025

I Just Killed a Product That Made $1,788 MRR at Its Peak

Feb 12, 2025

Ship Fast and Break Things?

Jan 31, 2025

I Shut Down My Online Business

Jan 22, 2025

My First Business 'Failure'

Dec 31, 2024

2024: The Year of New Beginnings

Oct 30, 2024

The Single Screenshot Theory

Sep 19, 2024

Business is a Different Kind of Hard