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Hi I'm Herman Martinus. I'm a maker of things, rider of bikes, and hiker of mountains.
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Committing to creativity
The fine line between commitment and motivation
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Active recall
Improving memory though writing
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The Giant's Cup
On running trails
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Resurfacing posts
Some posts you may have missed
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The commodification of travel
How travel has become an act of collection
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On becoming a day person
My biggest game-changer
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Vulnerability as a Service
OpenClaw being dumb
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Pockets of Humanity
Where do we go when the internet dies?
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Things that work (for me)
A list of tools and items that JustWork (tm)
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Discovery and AI
How ranking works on Bear
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Grow slowly, stay small
A more sustainable way to do business
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Messing with bots
Markov chain babblers, bogus php files, and more!
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Aggressive bots ruined my weekend
The web-scraping arm race continues
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Attending MicroConf Europe 2025
Being a solo founder needs company
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Smartphones and being present
Living intentionally in a world of distraction.
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PIRACYKILLS
How to use piracy to your advantage.
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Miscellaneous updates
Just some bits and pieces that don't justify a whole post.
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Slow social media
How can we design better platforms?
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If Apple cared about privacy
Defaults matter
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Bear is now source-available
Updates to the Bear license
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The ROI of exercise
The math on why exercise is a good deal.
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Digital hygiene: Passwords
Stay safe out there folks!
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Digital hygiene: Notifications
Take back your attention.
Digital hygiene: Emails
Email is your most important online account, so keep it clean.
Nerding out about heaters
Keeping warm in the winter
Yes, I will have coffee with you
On meeting up in meatspace
The Great Scrape
Scraper bots are destroying the commons to feed the machine
The sound of silence
Thoughts on being in my head
The Bear Manifesto
An outline of my philosophy and direction for the platform