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The Sovereign Technologist

The Sovereign Technologist

Weekly frameworks for technologists building products and career leverage, without quitting their jobs

Solopreneurship

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Rankings stopped predicting who gets cited

Jul 16, 2026

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5 min read

Rankings stopped predicting who gets cited

My data says so too

Cristian Lascu
Cristian Lascu

Solopreneurship

+7

A brand in your inbox showed up in 53.6% of AI answers

Jul 9, 2026

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5 min read

A brand in your inbox showed up in 53.6% of AI answers

A new study on how email shapes what AI recommends and why owning your distribution is the whole game

Cristian Lascu
Cristian Lascu

Solopreneurship

+5

The free report that shows which questions you're the answer to

Jul 2, 2026

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5 min read

The free report that shows which questions you're the answer to

Distribution is the next frontier

Cristian Lascu
Cristian Lascu

Solopreneurship

+9

Google buries the pages AI cites 536 times

Jun 25, 2026

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7 min read

Google buries the pages AI cites 536 times

So I did an in-depth audit which flipped my SEO/AEO/GEO thinking completely

Cristian Lascu
Cristian Lascu

Solopreneurship

+9

Google cut my reach ~56%. My AI citations went up ~21x

Jun 18, 2026

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5 min read

Google cut my reach ~56%. My AI citations went up ~21x

Google Core update landed in May. One search surface punished my site, another rewarded it, and the rule behind both turns out to be identical.

Cristian Lascu
Cristian Lascu

Solopreneurship

+8

My AI citations kept climbing. So I dug deeper to understand what was actually happening

Jun 11, 2026

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5 min read

My AI citations kept climbing. So I dug deeper to understand what was actually happening

Citations number hit 265. One dashboard couldn't explain it, so I went looking across three. The fuller picture is more interesting than the number

Cristian Lascu
Cristian Lascu
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