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Read What I Learned About Ads by Getting Them Wrong First
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What I Learned About Ads by Getting Them Wrong First

I went from AdSense auto-placement chaos to intentional ad design. Here's what changed when I started treating ads as part of the user experience instead of an afterthought.

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Read From Assembly Files to 400k Monthly Users: How I Built PolishedDex
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From Assembly Files to 400k Monthly Users: How I Built PolishedDex

How I turned frustration with outdated Pokémon wikis into an automated database that extracts ROM hack data directly from source code.

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