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# Latest Articles

Some of my recent thoughts on development, and the tech industry.

![My YouTube Channel: 2,375 Subscribers and a Year of Silence](https://johnsimeone.com/codingoblin-youtube-screenshot.png)

[My YouTube Channel: 2,375 Subscribers and a Year of Silence](https://johnsimeone.com/blog/my-youtube-channel-2375-subscribers-and-a-year-of-silence)

May 2, 2026

## My YouTube Channel: 2,375 Subscribers and a Year of Silence

I started a YouTube channel because my girlfriend got pregnant and I didn't know how to market myself. Here's what happened - the good, the bad, and the year-long break.

![I Built a SaaS, People Wanted to Pay Me, So I Took It Offline](https://johnsimeone.com/estimate-calculators-screenshot.png)

[I Built a SaaS, People Wanted to Pay Me, So I Took It Offline](https://johnsimeone.com/blog/i-built-estimate-calculators-then-took-it-offline)

Apr 23, 2026

## I Built a SaaS, People Wanted to Pay Me, So I Took It Offline

The story of Estimate Calculators - a tool I spent years thinking about, finally built, then pulled offline the moment it started working.

![I Built a Service Area Checking Tool. It's Shit.](https://johnsimeone.com/service-area-wizard-screenshot.png)

[I Built a Service Area Checking Tool. It's Shit.](https://johnsimeone.com/blog/i-built-a-service-area-tool-its-shit)

Apr 14, 2026

## I Built a Service Area Checking Tool. It's Shit.

The honest story of building Service Area WIZARD - a tool that checks if customers are in your service area. Two versions later, it still sucks. Here's why, and what V3 will fix.

![Switching to Nuxt - Why I'm moving away from WordPress](https://images.pexels.com/photos/1050312/pexels-photo-1050312.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&w=1260&h=750&dpr=1)

[Switching to Nuxt - Why I'm moving away from WordPress](https://johnsimeone.com/blog/switching-to-nuxt)

Nov 21, 2025

## Switching to Nuxt - Why I'm moving away from WordPress

A look into why I have decided to focus on building websites with Nuxt as opposed to WordPress

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