Incorporating Magic Pages
Running Magic Pages has been an incredible journey so far. It started as a side project, and now consistently makes more money than my full time job. So, it's finally time for Magic Pages to becom…
Jannis Fedoruk-Betschki
University drop-out turned web developer, building Magic Pages, a Ghost CMS hosting service. On this blog I share insights from my entrepreneurial journey.
42 posts
Not For Scale? How I replaced NFS storage on Magic Pages
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As most of you know, I am running Magic Pages, a managed Ghost CMS hosting platform. And if you've followed this blog, you might also remember that for about a year or so, the entire hosting is ru…
A Tale of Self Sabotage
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I still remember. Around two weeks ago, when I was sitting on the very couch I am writing this blog, I thought I was super smart. Learned a new technology and used it to prevent spam. To save my custo…
Trying to get ActivityPub running as well
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I just read Cathy's blog post about getting ActivityPub started: Getting ActivityPub running... well, not yet.Spectral Web ServicesCathy Sarisky, Ghost Expert Since I want to get ActivityPub run…
Winter Database Clean-Up
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Imagine you're running a restaurant. When you first start, you have a single fridge in the kitchen. As you grow and add more dishes to your menu, you add more fridges. One for vegetables, one for…
Can you copy-paste yourself to success?
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A few days ago I scrolled Reddit. A post on the r/Ghost subreddit popped up – and a pretty common question was asked: what Ghost CMS hosting do people recommend? Now, running a Ghost CMS hosting serv…
MRR goes brr
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So, it happened. Magic Pages just hit the $1,000 MRR milestone! Or, for those of you who haven't been indoctrinated by the Twitter hustle culture: $1,000 in Monthly Recurring Revenue. Naturally,…
An Apple a day...
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"Wow, you're getting rid of your last Apple device?" – that's what my wife asked me the other day, when I told her about my plan. Well, the word "plan" is maybe a bit much…
Move Slow and Don't F****** Break Things
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I have worked in start-ups in Berlin for nearly 6 years. One sentence I heard too many times was "Move fast and break things". Ughhh. I have really grown to hate that sentiment. It was Fac…
Going full circle
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Remember the good old days? When you wouldn't just buy an off-the-shelf MacBook, but carefully assembled your computer hardware? Waiting for all the components to arrive, to then sit on the floor…
When Plans Pan Out
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Back in March and April, there were some severe outages on Magic Pages. Some led to a downtime of 2-3 hours. That was everything but good. Maybe you remember, I took some time to explore ways to avoi…
I Decided Against the Easy Route for My Business
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A few days ago, I made a decision that will have a lasting impact on – at least – the next five years of my business. It's a decision that might not seem logical at first – something most online g…