The journal.
- 8 min readAug 12, 2026My MVP is ready. I still don't have a marketing plan.
As the title says. And by design, I wasn't going to think about marketing or client acquisition until I finished the final stages of my docs editor MVP. I've me…
- 4 min readAug 11, 2026Flex x Cop season 2 is here, and I finally have a reason to open Disney+ again
I had my mind set on rewatching 90s movies this August, mostly because I hadn't been thrilled with what Disney+, HBO, and Netflix have been adding lately. Not l…
- 4 min readAug 10, 2026I'm finally considering visiting my country of birth
For years I've thought about going back to Indonesia without ever really meaning it. I never had the real drive to pull the trigger. I have zero emotional conne…
- 5 min readAug 10, 2026The $168 million moonshot: a batshit crazy goal
I woke up in the middle of the night with a thought that wouldn't let me fall back asleep: why not go for the single craziest goal I could set for this lifetime…
- 8 min readAug 08, 2026I need a full hardware upgrade, and I have no idea where to start
We're getting closer to September, and I've set myself three goals: start recording stories for Study Brew, get Echo Room off the ground , and map out content f…
- 4 min readAug 06, 2026MVP is finally live, and I'm proud of it: update #7
At the end of July, I decided to put everything into finishing one of my flagship projects. A docs editor I started building back in May, vibe-coding my way thr…
- 4 min readAug 04, 2026Subscription check: what I'm paying now, and what's coming
We're in the second half of the year, which means it's time for my subscription audit. I already cut a lot of this last year and thought I'd landed on something…
- 3 min readAug 02, 2026Hitting my Claude weekly limit again. Another pivot to balance life and work.
It's been another intense week. I didn't realize how much I'd been doing, mostly building out the docs editor app and overhauling the website . Then, Friday mor…
- 6 min readAug 01, 2026Single focus works: update #6
A week ago, I told myself I'd stop scattering my attention across five projects and give my flagship product 80 percent of my time. Real focus. Looking back, I'…