https://blog.maxbasev.com Trying to buy my freedom one line of code at a time. en https://blog.maxbasev.com/saas/vibe2tweet/ https://blog.maxbasev.com/saas/vibe2tweet/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:30:52 GMT I built a tiny Telegram → OpenAI → X pipeline: send a draft, get 3 variants, pick one, publish. Open-source. Products https://blog.maxbasev.com/webdev/imdb-grabber/ https://blog.maxbasev.com/webdev/imdb-grabber/ Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:09:23 GMT I was writing a movie list post, needed lots of posters from IMDB, got tired of opening “View Source” over and over, built a tiny local tool… then turned it into a simple online utility when I found it again during a “clean my Mac” phase. Build https://blog.maxbasev.com/life/2025-end/ https://blog.maxbasev.com/life/2025-end/ Wed, 31 Dec 2025 10:29:23 GMT Essays https://blog.maxbasev.com/entertainment/werewolves-movies/ https://blog.maxbasev.com/entertainment/werewolves-movies/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 16:46:43 GMT Fun https://blog.maxbasev.com/saas/offgrid-diary-weekend-build/ https://blog.maxbasev.com/saas/offgrid-diary-weekend-build/ Fri, 25 Jul 2025 12:36:43 GMT Products https://blog.maxbasev.com/life/between-two-worlds/ https://blog.maxbasev.com/life/between-two-worlds/ Mon, 14 Jul 2025 15:31:01 GMT A personal reflection on the moral toll of living abroad during the war in Ukraine, supporting the right side while grappling with the guilt of indirect connections to Russia. A story about exile, responsibility, and the emotional contradictions of helping both victims and family. Essays https://blog.maxbasev.com/life/my-russian-debt-hell/ https://blog.maxbasev.com/life/my-russian-debt-hell/ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 16:17:14 GMT At 29, I was buried in debt, betrayed by partners, and haunted by a handshake deal gone wrong. This is a true story of how bad decisions, blind trust, and the Russian way of doing business nearly broke me — and what I learned clawing my way out. Essays https://blog.maxbasev.com/webdev/i-made-a-tiny-app-because-my-brain-wouldnt-shut-up/ https://blog.maxbasev.com/webdev/i-made-a-tiny-app-because-my-brain-wouldnt-shut-up/ Thu, 24 Apr 2025 08:35:18 GMT A tiny app I built to stop doomscrolling and start doing... something. No tracking, no accounts — just one button and your own list of things worth doing (or pretending to). Build https://blog.maxbasev.com/webdev/i-made-a-chrome-extension-that-rewards-you-for-doing-literally-anything/ https://blog.maxbasev.com/webdev/i-made-a-chrome-extension-that-rewards-you-for-doing-literally-anything/ Wed, 16 Apr 2025 08:33:36 GMT I built a Chrome extension that gives you emotional validation for doing the bare minimum. One button, one compliment, zero pressure. It won’t fix your life, but it’ll clap when you exist. Build https://blog.maxbasev.com/webdev/the-journey-of-creating-extenswitch/ https://blog.maxbasev.com/webdev/the-journey-of-creating-extenswitch/ Sun, 06 Apr 2025 08:31:42 GMT Juggling around 30 Chrome extensions just for crypto wallets was pure chaos. To bring some order to this madness, I dove into some vibe-coding and came up with ExtenSwitch. Build https://blog.maxbasev.com/webdev/how-i-updated-2000-elementor-buttons-in-wordpress/ https://blog.maxbasev.com/webdev/how-i-updated-2000-elementor-buttons-in-wordpress/ Sun, 26 Jan 2025 08:27:00 GMT A step-by-step guide on efficiently updating links across thousands of Elementor-built pages using the Better Search Replace plugin. Build