Marvin Colcol

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Nobody is asking what critical illness insurance is. We want to know who covers the mortgage during the eleven months we...
09/05/2026

Nobody is asking what critical illness insurance is. We want to know who covers the mortgage during the eleven months we are alive, recovering, and not earning.

Life insurance answers the death question. It does nothing for the survival one.

New post breaks down what critical illness and disability coverage each do, and the two clauses that decide whether a claim pays. Educational only, not advice.

Link in bio.

08/20/2026

Better late than never! July part 1

08/07/2026

Two years ago we filmed this. I sat on it and never posted it, because I wasn’t sure I was ready.

There’s a saying in this industry: you become a real agent once you’ve processed a death claim. I was 22 when I processed my first one. The paperwork sat heavy in my hands. The responsibility sat heavier.

Every step needed another document, another signature, another hurdle. I called everyone I thought could guide me. No luck. I was on my own.

Part 1 of 3.

07/05/2026

All Time Low you’re still the GOAT even after all these years!!!

07/02/2026

June was great! Hoping for another great month this July!

A camera just captures what’s in front of it. Or does it?For 40 years, Kodak calibrated color film to one white woman na...
06/02/2026

A camera just captures what’s in front of it. Or does it?

For 40 years, Kodak calibrated color film to one white woman named Shirley. Darker skin barely registered. Floating eyes and teeth in their wedding photos.

Now the same logic is baked into the AI you use daily. The Shirley card, rebuilt in code.

Swipe through 👉 then add one line to your AI settings. Full spiral on my Substack, link in bio.

What bias flag would you add?

Quit my 9–5 last week. 👀First client. First week. Shipped a website – and told them their logo colors didn’t match what ...
06/02/2026

Quit my 9–5 last week. 👀

First client. First week. Shipped a website – and told them their logo colors didn’t match what their brand actually feels like.

First time speaking up. Said it anyway. 🫡

That honesty turned a client job into a real collaboration.

Output is the proof.

Swipe for the full story 👉 Taste vs. client preference is next.

Follow for insurance + freelance + creator life. 🤝

anyone can build their own apps now. here’s proof 👇a former coworker asked me one thing:“can I get YouTube Music in its ...
06/01/2026

anyone can build their own apps now. here’s proof 👇
a former coworker asked me one thing:
“can I get YouTube Music in its own window, not stuck in a browser tab?”

I’d never shipped a Mac app in my life.
I said “challenge accepted” anyway 😅

what followed was a full-on problem-solving rabbit hole:
🎵 turning a browser tab into a REAL app window
🔐 fixing a Google login that kept breaking
🖥️ giving it its own Cmd+Tab identity + icon (way harder than it sounds)
🚪 locking it to one focused window
⚡ + a dozen “but what if…?” edge cases
every wall became a puzzle.

and honestly? building with Claude Code is genuinely FUN! It let me flex creativity, debugging, and a kind of persistence I didn’t know I had.

Swipe through to see every problem (and how I cracked it) ➡️

What would YOU build if you knew you could? 👀

Tired of re-reading the same five license pages every time you need background music for a video? Built muses - a free, ...
05/18/2026

Tired of re-reading the same five license pages every time you need background music for a video? Built muses - a free, community index of every music library worth knowing, sorted from safest to most likely to get you a strike if you cross-post. 24 libraries, all the license details in one place, totally free to use. Link in bio.

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4,200+ Claude Code skills exist right now. Choosing your first install can save you precious tokens, time, and sanity - ...
05/15/2026

4,200+ Claude Code skills exist right now. Choosing your first install can save you precious tokens, time, and sanity - so I built a pre-install gate that audits every skill before it makes it on your machine. One command. Three verdicts. Zero wasted tokens. Try it free → github.com/fiehrfly/chimera

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