Requirements First
💡This is the continuation of me rebuilding the Magic Pages infrastructure in public. Make sure to read the first and second post before diving into this. It gives you the context you'd need 😉 A…
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.
46 posts
The Townhouse in the Middle
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A few days ago, I left you with a bit of a cliffhanger. But the post resonated well with you – so, I am back, sharing what's been going on in my head in the last few days. As a quick recap: Magic…
Rebuilding the Magic Pages Infrastructure in Public
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You know that feeling of wanting to change something that's running perfectly? Well, I do. But quite honestly, this is not that kind of a story. It's the story of not wanting to change someth…
ActivityPub, again?
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Yes, another ActivityPub post. You might remember my last attempt: Trying to get ActivityPub running as wellI just read Cathy’s blog post about getting ActivityPub started: Getting ActivityPub runnin…
Incorporating Magic Pages
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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…
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…