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Advertising industry news a few times a week, mixed with plain-English explainers and lessons from building and running this site.
·10 min read·#email#newsletters#publishing
The Newsletter Economy: How the Inbox Became Big Business
Social media helps you find an audience. A newsletter lets you keep it. Here's why the humble email is having a moment.
Read →·4 min read·#adobe#ai#creative
Game Over for Adobe? Meet the Vibe-Coded Clones
A suite of free, vibe-coded clones is taking aim at Adobe. After twenty-odd years in Photoshop, here's my take, and your chance to vote.
Read →·9 min read·#ctv#trending#video
We Hit Pause. The Ads Didn't.
How the humble pause button became another opportunity to sell us something.
Read →·1 min read·#meta#advertising
Welcome to the AdDeck Blog
What this blog is for — advertising news a few times a week, plain-English explainers, and notes from building and running AdDeck.
Read →·2 min read·#building#nextjs#adsense
Building AdDeck: the first few days
From an empty folder to a live, branded site on its own domain — the decisions, dead-ends, and one genuinely tricky AdSense gotcha.
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