🫨 Is it February already??

Hello friends.
Happy 2026! January has already passed. What's going on? Why does it feel like life is accelerating? Weeks fly by... Is it just me?

Quick updates

• I've been working hard on ActivityHub.lu, and even got my wife involved in calling vendors. It appears the original problem for companies to discover events is not as big a deal for them. There is some traction and positive feedback, but more of a nice-to-have. Thinking about the next steps or potential pivot (focus on vendors' problem, expand to non-corporate activities). To be continued.
• I decided to optimize my running costs and moved my Ghost blog/newsletter from their Cloud to my own Cloud VPS server, which I bought from Hertzner - $20/month -> $4/month. Took me a couple of days, with full support of ChatGPT. Went pretty well. Next step - migrate all my other side projects' websites from my other web hosting plan to the same server.
• Have been learning a lot about Claude and ran an experiment comparing ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok. Decided to cancel my ChatGPT subscription and move over to Claude. Found Claude's results much better.
• A few new ideas are brewing, doing some thinking, research, and analysis.

Quick ask

I'm doing something new and need your help (and maybe it's relevant to you too).

I'm running 60-minute stress-test sessions for side projects. I poke holes in the idea, the audience, the value prop, and the product - then give a straight answer: kill it, change direction, or keep going.

Even if you're a designer and can spot UX problems yourself - if you've been building something on the side and haven't validated whether anyone actually needs it, this is for you too.

Know someone building a side project who could use an honest outside perspective? Send them here:

TNT

Kirill