Things I learned
Not content marketing. These are the notes I would have wanted before I started — written down the day after each one cost me something.
Etsy wants 2000 pixels. Here is what happens when you give it 800.
Etsy does not reject a small photo — it quietly upscales it, and the result is the blurry listing you see. What the numbers mean and how to hit them.
6 min · 4 August 2026 HardwareThe four numbers that decide whether a used laptop is worth buying
A used laptop can look perfect and still be finished. Battery wear, disk SMART, throttling and the install date — what each means and what counts as bad.
7 min · 4 August 2026 ListingsYour photo will not upload. Here is why, and the fix.
Three reasons an upload fails — the file is too heavy, the format is wrong, or the connection gave up — and how to tell which one you are looking at.
5 min · 4 August 2026All notes
Written by the person who built the tools, about the shop he actually runs. If something here is wrong or out of date, tell me and I will fix it.