Relationships
After separation, keep showing up for your child
A relationship ends. Your child still needs dependable care. Money matters, and so do time and attention. Where safe arrangements are possible, I want “being there”…
VALON ASANI / ENGLISH
Writing on love, lived values and Albanian life
Love well. Live your values. Carry our roots forward. Those are the three questions behind my writing, whether a piece begins with a relationship, a company or a moment between Kosovo and Switzerland.
Choose a subject below. The short video notes preserve the original moment; longer essays explore what it means and what we can do. These are personal experiences and opinions, with sources for factual claims.
Relationships
Respect means the same rules apply to both of us
No disrespect. No double standards. No rule that applies to you while I excuse myself. If I ask for respect, I have to live by it…
Relationships
When your child is bullied, start with a conversation
“Talk to your child.” That was where my reply about bullying began. Before advice, before a sports class, I want the child to know: I am…
Personal growth
How to ask me a clear question
Tell me what happened. Tell me what you are trying to decide. A clear question gives us somewhere to begin, even when the situation behind it…
Business & technology
Building an app with AI still takes persistence
Is building an app with AI difficult? Yes and no. Getting started can be quick. Returning to the part that still does not work is where…
Business & technology
AI for beginners: choose a task before choosing another tool
ChatGPT, Claude, Manus, Google AI Essentials, CS50. That was my starting list for learning AI and programming. But collecting names is the easy part. Choose something…
Business & technology
Learning to code by making something that works
Edon Luta was building MasterOnce around learning to code through practice, play and making things. I shared his invitation to beta testers before the planned App…
Personal growth
Keep creating without giving every hostile comment your time
You came to make something. Then one hostile comment takes over your afternoon. I do not want to give someone that much control over my attention.…
Business & technology
Starting a business with AI, content and community
An office. A logo. A business card. None of them tells you whether anyone needs what you are building. In 2026, I would start with AI,…
Business & technology
Why we put deeper profiles at the centre of dua 5.0.0
For dua 5.0.0, we spent months on a question: how can a profile show more of a person? More photographs, longer answers and questions for our…
Personal growth
Before you decide, imagine everyone doing it
Before I give myself permission to do something, I try a question: what if everyone did this? It becomes harder to excuse a choice when I…
Personal growth
Let self-belief become a decision you can act on
What would believing in yourself change today? Perhaps you would share the first version. Ask the question. Say no. I want self-belief to become a decision…