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diff --git a/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md b/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md index f4a504f..9365c3d 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md @@ -1,18 +1,17 @@ --- title: "I taught myself everything with ChatGPT and spite" -slug: i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:47.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:47.000Z draft: false excerpt: "Four hundred and eleven conversations with an AI taught me more about running a business than any degree I almost finished. The pattern was always the same: ask the dumb … Read more" categories: - - { name: "Dark Culture", slug: dark-culture } + - Dark Culture tags: - - { name: format-long-form, slug: format-long-form } - - { name: growth, slug: growth } - - { name: identity, slug: identity } - - { name: tech, slug: tech } - - { name: tone-reflective, slug: tone-reflective } + - format-long-form + - growth + - identity + - tech + - tone-reflective featured: src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/cover.png alt: "Solitary figure learning from glowing screen in darkness"content: rewrite image URLs from slist.net/wp-content to cdn.slist.net/posts/<slug>/
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md b/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md index d1efec3..f4a504f 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ tags: - { name: tech, slug: tech } - { name: tone-reflective, slug: tone-reflective } featured: - src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d2a635978928.71243465.png + src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/cover.png alt: "Solitary figure learning from glowing screen in darkness" legacy_wp_id: 16089 ---fix(web): point upload URLs at slist.net (cdn.slist.net not wired up yet)
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md b/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md index ce07be0..d1efec3 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ tags: - { name: tech, slug: tech } - { name: tone-reflective, slug: tone-reflective } featured: - src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d2a635978928.71243465.png + src: https://slist.net/wp-content/uploads/ai_69d2a635978928.71243465.png alt: "Solitary figure learning from glowing screen in darkness" legacy_wp_id: 16089 ---feat(web): visually mirror slist.net blog (index + single post)
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md b/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md index 98a6b89..ce07be0 100644 --- a/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md +++ b/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md @@ -4,6 +4,18 @@ slug: i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:47.000Z updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:47.000Z draft: false +excerpt: "Four hundred and eleven conversations with an AI taught me more about running a business than any degree I almost finished. The pattern was always the same: ask the dumb … Read more" +categories: + - { name: "Dark Culture", slug: dark-culture } +tags: + - { name: format-long-form, slug: format-long-form } + - { name: growth, slug: growth } + - { name: identity, slug: identity } + - { name: tech, slug: tech } + - { name: tone-reflective, slug: tone-reflective } +featured: + src: https://cdn.slist.net/ai_69d2a635978928.71243465.png + alt: "Solitary figure learning from glowing screen in darkness" legacy_wp_id: 16089 --- Four hundred and eleven conversations with an AI taught me more about running a business than any degree I almost finished. The pattern was always the same: ask the dumb question first, challenge the answer, demand specifics, build the framework, automate and move on.feat(web): full posts+pages sync, browseable UI, curated pages allowlist
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md b/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..98a6b89 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2026/i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +--- +title: "I taught myself everything with ChatGPT and spite" +slug: i-taught-myself-everything-with-chatgpt-and-spite +pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:47.000Z +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:04:47.000Z +draft: false +legacy_wp_id: 16089 +--- +Four hundred and eleven conversations with an AI taught me more about running a business than any degree I almost finished. The pattern was always the same: ask the dumb question first, challenge the answer, demand specifics, build the framework, automate and move on. + +Should I trust ChatGPT for Meta ads advice when the situation is different for every promoter in the world? That was the first honest question. The answer I arrived at: use AI for frameworks and math, but validate against your own data. My SMS conversion rates, CPM, and CTR are specific to SLIST. Generic advice gets filtered through real numbers. + +## The autodidact curriculum + +The 411 conversations cover a complete business education. Meta ads from zero to three-tier funnel with unit economics. WordPress from blank install to JetEngine and Greenshift with Cloudflare R2 for assets. Venue operations from first booking to multi-room production. CRM management from spreadsheet to automated pipeline. Video editing, community building, SMS marketing, commission tracking, event security protocols. + +None of this was planned as a curriculum. It was demand-driven learning. A problem appeared, a conversation happened, a system got built. The AI was not a teacher. It was a sparring partner that never got tired of being wrong and corrected. + +The trajectory from August 2025 to March 2026 tells the story. August: basic questions about Meta ads and CRM setup. October: deep platform decisions and tech stack architecture. January: scaling operations and AI-native thinking. The progression is from how do I run an ad to how do I build an AI that runs my entire operation. + +## The spite ingredient + +The learning was fueled by the same thing that fuels everything else. Every person who said the project was amateur, every promoter who laughed at the budget, every scene veteran who dismissed the operation as a shitpost account — each one was a study session at 3am with a chatbot, learning the thing they assumed I could not learn. +Diff truncated (42 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
