Month: February 2026

  • You gotta spend money to make money

    You gotta spend money to make money

    “Gotta spend money to make money” is an annoying axiom in the entrepreneurship world, but it is definitely true. It’s hard to make meaningful profits without investing in the tools and resources you need for your business, and sometimes that means sucking it up when faced with a seemingly pointless cost of business too. Churning…

  • Missing the forest for the trees: MS edition

    Missing the forest for the trees: MS edition

    Pictured: A whale with a very heavy wallet who is mildly annoyed, but not particularly concerned about potentially losing some easy money, one increment of $176 at a time There’s not much that the churning and MS community loves more than a good data point. Up to date info on what works, what doesn’t, and…

  • Saturday shenanigans: Build your dream churning/MS lineup

    If you’re even remotely active on Instagram, you’ve probably seen the “dream lineup” meme template. Essentially, you’re given a grid of rows of items fitting the theme. It’s up to you to allocate the limited budget you have on the items you value most. Like many of us, I’ve been goofing off vibe coding things…

  • A churner looks at 40

    A churner looks at 40

    Pictured: My original pfp in every private churning group I joined back in the day. If you don’t know who this is, you’re missing out, both on the song reference of this post, and more importantly, an outlook on life we could all stand to learn from I’ve received a lot of feedback in the…

  • One foot on the gas, one foot in the grave

    One foot on the gas, one foot in the grave

    If you don’t know the eponymous song, I recommend listening to the album that is my personal definition of “all killer no filler”, provided you like a healthy dose of brass section) This has been a difficult week for the churning community, and that pent up frustration is boiling over into arguments all over the…

  • No sympathy for the devil – buy the ticket, take the ride

    No sympathy for the devil – buy the ticket, take the ride

    Today has been a particularly challenging day in the churning and MS world, so I thought I’d write up a quick mini post to comment on it.  It’s no secret that there’s been a difficult conversation brewing for awhile now about how best to thread the needle between being open and keeping things alive. Everybody…