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Smart Ways to Use AI Tools for Stock Market Research

2 months ago | medium.com | Jonathan Tran

Member-only storyJonathan Tran·Follow3 min read·--Photo by Austin Distel on UnsplashQuick note: I’m sharing my experience using AI tools for research. This isn’t financial advice — always consult professionals for investment decisions. Something clicked for me last month while drowning in financial reports. I was trying to understand a technology company’s market position when I realized I was doing it all wrong — scanning endless PDFs manually when AI tools could help me work smarter.
The Tech Pendulum: What History Tells Us About Our Digital Future

Dec 5, 2024 | medium.com | Jonathan Tran

Jonathan Tran·Follow3 min read·--Photo by note thanun on UnsplashThe first computer my family owned sat in our living room like a beige monument to the future. It ran Windows 95, and I remember the distinctive sound of its dial-up connection — a digital handshake that opened up a world we barely understood. Back then, tech predictions focused on faster processors and bigger hard drives. Nobody saw smartphones coming.
I spent a month testing AI money-making ideas. Here’s what actually works

Dec 4, 2024 | medium.com | Jonathan Tran

Jonathan Tran·Follow5 min read·--A few weeks ago, I set out to test every “make money with AI” idea I could find. Most were overhyped or already saturated. But buried under all the noise, I stumbled onto something interesting: product visualization.
Why you should consider domain flipping in 2025

Nov 27, 2024 | medium.com | Jonathan Tran

Jonathan Tran·Follow4 min read·--Photo by Austin Kirk on UnsplashThe domain market occasionally produces headlines that make you question reality. Like when MicroStrategy sold Voice.com for $30 million in cash back in 2019. Yes, you read that right — thirty million for a single word. While deals of this magnitude are exceedingly rare, they remind us of something important: domain names aren’t just web addresses, they’re digital real estate in its purest form. But let’s get real.
What was Midjourney really made for? Are we missing the point?

Nov 24, 2024 | medium.com | Jonathan Tran

Jonathan Tran·Follow3 min read·--Midjourney ShowcaseLast night I found myself lost in Midjourney’s showcase again. You know that feeling when you’re scrolling through social media and suddenly realize an hour has passed? Yeah, that. Dragons breathing rainbow fire. Cyberpunk cities floating in space. Hyper-realistic portraits of imaginary people. Beautiful stuff, no doubt. But something kept nagging at me.
The Passive Income Paradox: Why ‘Set and Forget’ Is a Sweet Little Lie

Nov 22, 2024 | medium.com | Jonathan Tran

Jonathan Tran·Follow3 min read·--Photo by Jp Valery on UnsplashLast month, I spent 40 hours updating my “passive” income streams. Ironic, right? And that’s exactly what got me thinking about the beautiful mess that is passive income. You’ve probably seen those videos: someone sipping coconut water on a beach, phone in hand, watching their bank account grow. I used to roll my eyes at those.
Why Even the Smartest AI Is Still Just Making Good Guesses

Nov 20, 2024 | medium.com | Jonathan Tran

Jonathan Tran·Follow3 min read·--Photo by Owen Beard on UnsplashYou’ve probably heard someone say ChatGPT wrote them a poem, or Gemini made them a marketing plan. Pretty impressive stuff. But here’s a thought that might change how you look at AI: behind all that fancy output, it’s still just making educated guesses. Think about your friend who’s really good at finishing your sentences. They’re not reading your mind — they’ve just spent enough time with you to predict what you’ll say next.
Midjourney: How a Small Team is Reshaping the Art World

Nov 11, 2024 | medium.com | Jonathan Tran

Jonathan Tran·Follow4 min read·--Image : Midjourney’s coverWhen David Holz launched Midjourney in July 2022, few could have predicted how quickly it would transform digital art creation. But maybe we should have seen it coming. After all, Holz had already shown his knack for building groundbreaking technology with Leap Motion, where he proved that sometimes the biggest innovations come from the smallest teams.
A Free and Powerful Open Source Solution to Upscale Your Midjourney Images

Nov 6, 2024 | medium.com | Jonathan Tran

Jonathan Tran·Follow5 min read·--Image: authorAfter two years in the print-on-demand business, I’ve learned one unchanging truth: image quality makes or breaks a sale. While Midjourney creates stunning visuals, anyone who’s tried to print these images or display them on large screens knows the limitations of the default resolution. My journey started with countless tests of different upscaling tools.
The Next Big AI Buzzwords of 2025

Nov 2, 2024 | medium.com | Jonathan Tran

Jonathan Tran·Follow3 min read·--Photo by NASA on Unsplash“AI will reshape society as we know it. I think it could be the greatest technology humanity has yet developed to dramatically improve all our lives”- Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, May 2023Remember when everyone couldn’t stop talking about “generative AI” in 2024? Well, buckle up, because our AI vocabulary is about to get an upgrade.