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                                <title><![CDATA[Mischa's Thoughts]]></title>
                    
                                <subtitle>Thoughts on building products, books, and the lessons I learn along the way.</subtitle>
                                                    <updated>2026-01-26T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
                        <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[My simplified Ralph loop setup for Claude Code]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/my-simplified-ralph-loop-setup-for-claude-code" />
            <id>https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/my-simplified-ralph-loop-setup-for-claude-code</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Mischa Sigtermans]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Three files to autonomous coding. A simplified Ralph loop setup that works across any project with Claude Code.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2026-01-26T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[How I set up my Claude Code status line]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/how-i-set-up-my-claude-code-status-line" />
            <id>https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/how-i-set-up-my-claude-code-status-line</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Mischa Sigtermans]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[I built a custom Claude Code status line that shows git info, context usage, and turns red at 80%. Here's my setup and why each piece matters.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2026-01-24T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[The most skeptical about AI haven't shipped with it]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/ai-skeptics-havent-shipped-anything" />
            <id>https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/ai-skeptics-havent-shipped-anything</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Mischa Sigtermans]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[AI skepticism correlates with consumption vs creation. People who read about AI see failures. People who build with it see both, and that changes everything.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2026-01-16T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Everyone's giving Cowork everything, and thanking it after]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/everyones-giving-cowork-everything" />
            <id>https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/everyones-giving-cowork-everything</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Mischa Sigtermans]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Within 24 hours, people handed Claude Cowork their tax documents, emails, and files. Then they posted about it. Here's what nobody's asking.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2026-01-14T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Taylor Otwell is immortal and costs $200/month]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/taylor-otwell-is-immortal-and-costs-200-month" />
            <id>https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/taylor-otwell-is-immortal-and-costs-200-month</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Mischa Sigtermans]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[I built a Claude Code agent that channels Taylor Otwell's Laravel philosophy. Here's how it catches over-engineering and teaches me to write better code.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2026-01-04T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Launching Onoma alpha: building AI memory that actually works]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/launching-onoma-alpha" />
            <id>https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/launching-onoma-alpha</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Mischa Sigtermans]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[We're launching Onoma, an AI memory layer that works across every model. Why we built it, why it's European-only, and what's next for Ryde's first venture.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2025-12-24T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Why I built Laravel TOON (and how it saves 60% on LLM tokens)]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/why-i-built-laravel-toon" />
            <id>https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/why-i-built-laravel-toon</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Mischa Sigtermans]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[I was burning tokens on nested JSON in Stagent. Existing TOON packages didn't flatten nested objects. So I built Laravel TOON. Here's how it saves 40-60%.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2025-12-07T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Joining Ryde Ventures as partner and chief product officer]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/joining-ryde-ventures-as-partner-and-chief-product-officer" />
            <id>https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/joining-ryde-ventures-as-partner-and-chief-product-officer</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Mischa Sigtermans]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[After a decade of building agencies, SaaS products, and learning from failures, I'm joining Ryde Ventures as Partner & CPO. Here's why this felt inevitable.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2025-12-01T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Stagent and Artwin join forces for the future of bookings]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/stagent-artwin-joint-venture" />
            <id>https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/stagent-artwin-joint-venture</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Mischa Sigtermans]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[After years of building Stagent, we're joining forces with Artwin Software to create the leading booking platform in the Netherlands.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2023-09-20T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[How I secured funding for my startup]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/how-i-secured-funding-for-my-startup" />
            <id>https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/how-i-secured-funding-for-my-startup</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Mischa Sigtermans]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[From a €10k angel check to €240k in convertible notes. The real story of how I raised funding for Stagent, with the lessons I learned along the way.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2023-03-04T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[The 5-Project Rule]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://mischa.sigtermans.me/book/the-5-project-rule" />
            <id>https://mischa.sigtermans.me/book/the-5-project-rule</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Mischa Sigtermans]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Stop starting. Start finishing. The system I use to go from 14 scattered projects to 5 that get done.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2022-09-01T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[How working out 5 times a week has changed my life]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/how-working-out-5-times-a-week-has-changed-my-life" />
            <id>https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/how-working-out-5-times-a-week-has-changed-my-life</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Mischa Sigtermans]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[This simple realization changed everything about how I approached workouts. Trust me, it's so easy. You can start doing it today.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2022-05-08T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Why perfectionism was my worst enemy]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/why-perfectionism-was-my-worst-enemy" />
            <id>https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/why-perfectionism-was-my-worst-enemy</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Mischa Sigtermans]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[Perfectionism, clothed as a desire to perfect my work, cost me so much time, sleep, money and made me lose opportunities. Discover what that taught me in my new venture.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2022-02-20T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
            <entry>
            <title><![CDATA[Why I decided to sell my web agency]]></title>
            <link rel="alternate" href="https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/why-i-decided-to-sell-my-web-agency" />
            <id>https://mischa.sigtermans.me/thought/why-i-decided-to-sell-my-web-agency</id>
            <author>
                <name><![CDATA[Mischa Sigtermans]]></name>
            </author>
            <summary type="html">
                <![CDATA[After five years running Pixelstart, I sold my web agency. From hobby websites to successful business, and why I decided to move on.]]>
            </summary>
                                    <updated>2022-01-20T00:00:00+00:00</updated>
        </entry>
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