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My Shipaton Quest: Building, Shipping and Growing Name Ninja

I remembered Shipaton late, entered anyway, and decided to use Name Ninja as the product, 12Quest as the system, and the entire build as the content. The experiment is whether AI can help a solo developer preserve context, stay focused, make better product decisions, actually ship, and reach $1,000 MRR (something I’ve never done before).

Two Weeks Late

I remembered RevenueCat’s Shipaton about two weeks after registration opened.

Not ideal. 😂

But once I looked into it properly, it was obvious this was more than just another hackathon.

Shipaton gives me a very specific window to do something I’ve historically struggled with:

take an ambitious idea, scope it properly, build it, ship it, then actually spend time trying to grow it.

I’ve tried participating before.

In 2024 and 2025, my ambition was comfortably ahead of my ability to execute on it.

That sounds like a technical problem, but looking...

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Lenovo’s Project Swan Laptop Unleashes A Giant Rollable OLED Screen

Lenovo is now pushing flexible display technology into business laptops with Project Swan, according to a leaked ThinkBook concept featuring a rollable OLED screen that stretches horizontally outward from both edges. Unlike Lenovo's earlier commercial rollable laptop that unfurls vertically, Project Swan satisfies the widescreen need in us.

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Suddenly, the Steam Machine's Price Isn't Buyers' Biggest Concern

Valve has alerted Steam Machine customers in Europe that a cyberattack on CEVA Logistics, its shipping partner, might have exposed their order details. The breached data includes customers' names, phone numbers, email addresses, delivery addresses, purchase details, and more, giving those who splurged on the pricey PC another thing

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Amazon Deals of the Day: Grab the Pixel Buds Pro 2 Before This $40 Discount Goes Away

Right now, you can score the Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 for $40 off. You can also get $100 off the Sonos Move 2 speaker. Finally, you can grab the Life360 Tile Bluetooth tracker for $20 at Amazon. I’ve been tracking the prices of tech gear and home finds

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'Not all heroes wear capes': Someone ported Word from 1990 to run in Windows 11, and it's perhaps the ultimate protest against Microsoft's bloat

* Someone has ported Word for Windows 1.1a to Windows 11 * It's a fully native port * It's not easy to get it up and running on your system — should you wish to — but there are other alternatives to the feature-creep of Notepad Somebody has taken a

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Lenovo’s Project Swan Laptop Unleashes A Giant Rollable OLED Screen

Suddenly, the Steam Machine's Price Isn't Buyers' Biggest Concern

Amazon Deals of the Day: Grab the Pixel Buds Pro 2 Before This $40 Discount Goes Away

'Not all heroes wear capes': Someone ported Word from 1990 to run in Windows 11, and it's perhaps the ultimate protest against Microsoft's bloat