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Jun 2026 · 6 min read
I Built a Wall to Block Bots and the First Thing It Blocked Was Me

I moved my bot defense to the Cloudflare WAF to stop wasting Worker quota. Five minutes later it had stripped every stylesheet off my own dashboard.

May 2026 · 7 min read
I Switched 100% of My Traffic to a "Winner" and Regretted It a Week Later

A dating offer jumped from $20 EPM to $30 EPM, then collapsed to $5. That mistake sent me into exploration vs exploitation and Thompson Sampling.

Mar 2026 · 8 min read
Stop Crying About Your Ratios

Every click report you trust is inflated. Here is how bot traffic works in layers — and what my own tracking data actually shows.