Why I Rebuilt vanmurray.com
The gap between what my old site said about me and what I'm actually doing got wide enough to be embarrassing. So I rebuilt it on the Mahiri stack.
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Building in Public — The Mahiri Story So Far
Where Mahiri actually stands: what exists, what we're proving, and what Phase 2 looks like.
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The Autonomous Business — What It Means and Why It Matters Now
The ops grind is a structural problem. Two things have changed that make it solvable.
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Why I Built Mahiri
There's a specific kind of exhaustion that comes from running a small business. It's not the hard work — it's the relentless cognitive overhead.
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Honored: Hallam-ICS Award / Clean Jordan Lake
Honored to receive the Hallam-ICS 2023 Community Service Award — and $10,000 in funding for Clean Jordan Lake.
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UAS/Drone Pilot Logbook Template (Free Google Sheets)
I built a free Google Sheets drone pilot logbook because I couldn't find a good one. Flight log, UAS info, and maintenance tracking.
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Career Path: Entrepreneur Has High Hopes for the Cloud
Crain's Raleigh-Durham profile: NeoCloud CEO Van Murray on entrepreneurship, the cloud, and why Raleigh is the right place to build.
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';-- Have I Been Pwned?
If you haven't enabled MFA on your accounts, do it today. And check haveibeenpwned.com to see if your data has been leaked.
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Warriors on the Water
Fished the Warriors on the Water veteran support tournament at Jordan Lake. Weighed in 3 bass for 11 lbs 5 oz.
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Triangle Business Journal Top 40 Under 40 — 2017
Proud to be part of the Triangle Business Journal's Top 40 Under 40 Class of 2017.
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Tanjun — Japanese for Simplicity
Tanjun (単純) is the Japanese word for simplicity. It's the design principle behind everything I build.
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Pilot Logbook in the Cloud: Free Google Sheets Template
A free cloud-based pilot logbook template built in Google Sheets — access from any device, automatic totals, real-time sharing.
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