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Adios WordPress
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Adios WordPress

After almost twenty years on WordPress.com, Memory Leak moves to a site built for SEO, AEO, and GEO — with agents as first-class citizens and an agentic development lifecycle behind the rebuild.

Renato J. Mascardo · 11 min read
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We’re Back in the Garage
Technology·

We’re Back in the Garage

I was sitting in my dorm room at the University of Richmond — beige tower PC humming like it had something important to prove, CRT monitor warming the room,…

Renato J. Mascardo · 10 min
2025 Year-in-Review: Read. Write. Code.
Technology·

2025 Year-in-Review: Read. Write. Code.

2025 felt like one of those years where you don’t fully understand what happened until you look backward and realize: oh… that was a phase shift.

Renato J. Mascardo · 5 min
The Physics of Focus
Startups & Building·

The Physics of Focus

I believe that focus is the single most important variable in the equation of execution. Yet, time and time again, I see executive teams unable to summon it.…

Renato J. Mascardo · 7 min

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