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An interactive visual guide to understanding paid search advertising on Google and Meta platforms.

Claude just launched interactive charts and diagrams in beta — I took it for a spin by visualizing S&P 500, Dow Jones, and federal deficit data by presidency.

How We Built mattlsmith.com (And Why It’s Not 2006 Anymore)

Feb 27, 2025

A short tour of the stack behind this site—Astro, Fly.io, and the end of “just throw WordPress at it.”