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  1. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    December update: Wrapped up the most boring project ever, which I was really looking forward to. I decliened an offer to renew in 2026 in order to do more of the work I enjoy and I am the best at Signed a part-time exclusive collaboration with one of my good clients. Gathered some leads to...
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    Year End Thought Exercise: 10 Questions to Ask about This Year

    MINDSET 
    Merry Christmas all! Here is my year in review: What was your biggest triumph? Was there several, or none? Why? Growing my freelance income from barely paying the bills to over 6 figures, with November exceeding $20,000 invoiced and officially achieving full location independence What was...
  3. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    November update: Not much to note, just working away to finish my current contracts, and have not been able to launch the newsletter yet. After Dec 23 I will have some free time to focus on this
  4. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    October update: When it rains, it pours. I reached out to some people in my network about the AI SaaS product I have developed. One of them has become the CEO of a small news website and was interested in potentially getting access, but when he heard the price, he lost interest. I plan to...
  5. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    September update: I've hit my first $15k in invoices/month (profit margin ~ 85%) Granted, it's all consulting/active income, but by god, it feels surreal
  6. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    Nope, unrelated to software development, this is just a business consulting project
  7. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    August update: Got a 3rd contract, which I am mostly outsourcing, but I also really enjoy working on it, so I will put the finishing touches after my contractor is done. The clients are very happy with the relationship so far, and even though they were planning to hire someone full-time before...
  8. Galactic_travel

    How to avoid taxes?

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    Option 1 - Stay in Norway and operate through a US LLC in a high-privacy state without remitting income to Norway. Highly illegal, and I don't condone it, but Europeans do it often Option 2 - Move to Paraguay and pay 0% taxes through US LLC. Not sure how easy it is to break ties with Norway by...
  9. Galactic_travel

    How to avoid taxes?

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    Paying 0 taxes is not possible for most people but it is possible to reduce the tax burden significantly, and I have looked into that extensively this year. Without knowing where you are a tax resident, and where your company is located, nobody can answer that
  10. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    Chasing money I can understand, but why cut corners?
  11. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    AI for everything, but I know what I am doing, so I am mindful of not letting it introduce security risks. I'ts just much faster than writing code myself.
  12. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    Is it? Well, thank you for saying that, it certainly doesn't feel that way. MVP is always a Node.js vibe-coded app, freelancing varies a lot because it's not just software, in fact, software for freelancing is a minority of my projects.
  13. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    July update: Achieved my goal of acquiring one more client so that I am not as reliant on initial client list. The work is pretty boring but it pays very well so will keep it c. 3 days a week as a cornerstone project Will end things with my current cornerstone client who lately has become...
  14. Galactic_travel

    The AI Agents Thread: If You're Not Using It NOW, Does It Mean You're Behind?

    GOLD! - AI - 
    I am creating one for my SaaS website, which basically scrapes, categorizes, and double-checks database inputs, but I am not sure if it qualifies as an agent or if it's just fancy AI automation. Based on all the LinkedIn n8n automation posts that I see which "can replace an entire team of X" ...
  15. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    June update: Freelancing remains very good, in July I will most likely sign a completely new contract and expand my client list The Saas product remains unmarketed but I have assigned an email scraping job to at least get an email campaign going. I will actively look for a partner to promote...
  16. Galactic_travel

    The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Random Chat Thread...

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    At this point, the pace of progress is just too rapid and I don't like it. I have been working with AI automation through the API for the past year or so and I still haven't had time to master things like MCP or agents. I wouldn't mind some slowing down which hopefully will come soon when the...
  17. Galactic_travel

    AI, Artificial Intelligence Resources, Websites, and Hot Finds.

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    An AI-based web browser, which I can't say I have tried because for now, it's Mac only. But just reading the description makes me think that some scraping/web extracting scripts I have written in the past are now obsolete. https://www.genspark.ai/browser
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    The Artificial Intelligence (AI) Random Chat Thread...

    CHAT - AI - 
    Cool new website that lets you describe a task and searches whether there is an agent available that can do it: Fetch AI: Connecting AI, Web3, and the Future.
  19. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    May update: Moved to a new country to become tax resident and wasted a lot of time on logistical and bureaucratic bullshit. The Saas app MVP is ready, finding time to promote it is a big struggle right now Income is flowing from freelancing, with another potential project coming my way, plus...
  20. Galactic_travel

    A journey to freedom from alarm clocks

    EXECUTION 
    April update: Hiring cheap programmers from Upwork has been very unproductive. For one of my projects, I got more done by installing Claude CLI and just letting it code from prompts, which is crazy. Already had my 1st experience of a big corporate delaying paying my invoice by over a month...

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