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Pasha Barbashin
Pasha Barbashin

From Excel and Powerpoint to launching digital products in weeks with AI

How to earn $200K over a weekend

Aug 26, 2026

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3 min read

How to earn $200K over a weekend

Internet economics is broken and maybe it's a good thing

Pasha Barbashin
Pasha Barbashin
Nobody is waiting for this email

Jul 21, 2026

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2 min read

Nobody is waiting for this email

Nothing personal. Just features.

Pasha Barbashin
Pasha Barbashin
How to generate free high-quality images

Jul 14, 2026

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2 min read

How to generate free high-quality images

How I got a custom app visual in 15 minutes, on free plans

Pasha Barbashin
Pasha Barbashin
Slop gets a standing ovation

Jul 7, 2026

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2 min read

Slop gets a standing ovation

AI hysteria is real – and it's quietly lowering the bar

Pasha Barbashin
Pasha Barbashin
Sprint or Marathon?

Jun 30, 2026

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2 min read

Sprint or Marathon?

Claude Code has two gears - one for the long haul, one for raw speed

Pasha Barbashin
Pasha Barbashin
How to deal with AI FOMO

Jun 23, 2026

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2 min read

How to deal with AI FOMO

AI fluency is relative – to other people, and to your own problems

Pasha Barbashin
Pasha Barbashin

Features

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Be Kind, Rewind

Jun 16, 2026

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2 min read

Be Kind, Rewind

Ctrl+Z for your agents

Pasha Barbashin
Pasha Barbashin

Features

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You only had one job!

Jun 9, 2026

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2 min read

You only had one job!

/goal – the command that makes your AI keep working until the job is actually done

Pasha Barbashin
Pasha Barbashin
Teach It Once

Jun 2, 2026

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5 min read

Teach It Once

Skills – the quiet feature that turned my agent into a productivity monster

Pasha Barbashin
Pasha Barbashin

Claude Code

Claude Code Lives in Five Places

May 26, 2026

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6 min read

Claude Code Lives in Five Places

Which one to use, and why I had a mini panic when I found out

Pasha Barbashin
Pasha Barbashin
I Would Have Written a Shorter Prompt

May 19, 2026

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5 min read

I Would Have Written a Shorter Prompt

How to actually talk to AI agents in 2026

Pasha Barbashin
Pasha Barbashin
 5 Reasons to Move From AI Chats

May 12, 2026

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4 min read

5 Reasons to Move From AI Chats

The other half of AI most casual users haven't tried yet

Pasha Barbashin
Pasha Barbashin
Where Do I Even Start With AI?

May 5, 2026

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3 min read

Where Do I Even Start With AI?

The two questions I ask friends who want to start using AI properly

Pasha Barbashin
Pasha Barbashin
The One Habit That Changed How I Use AI (As a Non-Coder)

Apr 28, 2026

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3 min read

The One Habit That Changed How I Use AI (As a Non-Coder)

Three years of barely using ChatGPT. Then in July 2025 one habit took me from passive user to shipping AI products — without a tech background.

Pasha Barbashin
Pasha Barbashin
Welcome to Above Average – How I Stopped Being Scared of AI and Started Building

Apr 26, 2026

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1 min read

Welcome to Above Average – How I Stopped Being Scared of AI and Started Building

From years of AI FOMO anxiety to shipping products with hundreds of users — and now a weekly newsletter sharing what I'm learning along the way.

Pasha Barbashin
Pasha Barbashin

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