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Updates on my builds, decisions, and progress, published frequently.

Oct 06, 2026
We did it: got my first organic paying customer!!!

I can't believe it. I started this on May 16th, and today is October 6th, 2026. That's 4 months and 20 days, or 143 days in total, and we have our first paying customer on TWO Docs, our flagship SaaS . The one I put the most work into. The one I iterated on a gazillion times befo…

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Oct 04, 2026
47 blog posts, traffic stats, and milestones: update #14

August was a dense month. Rereading that update made me wonder how the hell I managed to write 47 blog posts in September, most of them in the first two and a h…

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Sep 18, 2026
Friday cool-off, close on the docs editor, more writing, and Story Valley: update #13

It's Friday, my last dev day of the week. Looking back, I think the call I made last week was the right one: recalibrate and put my focus on fixing the bugs in…

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Sep 16, 2026
Story Valley went live on Spotify: what's my plan here?

I made the commitment, and there's no turning back now. Right now I'm on such a roll with content creation that I feel unstoppable. I've mentioned a few times i…

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Sep 12, 2026
Mac app paused, recalibration, and content: update #12

This week wasn't the most successful one. It's Saturday, and I'm trying to restrain myself from doing dev work because I told myself this weekend was for conten…

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Sep 02, 2026
29 blog posts, traffic stats, and tweaks: update #11

Last time I wrote a lot about my focus, planning, and roadmap for what September holds. It's too early to talk about October, but I already know I'm walking int…

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Aug 30, 2026
September focus, two builds, everything else is content: update #10

This week was all about content planning, getting my shit together for the four podcast channels, and prepping what I can before the new month starts. Less buil…

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Aug 23, 2026
Progress, a brand doubt, and where I lost focus: update #9

It's been a productive week. Real progress, real thoughts that move things forward. But I also hit a few friction points, and I want to stay honest here about w…

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Aug 14, 2026
Planning for September: update #8

I'm on track with everything I planned so far. The MVP for my flagship micro-SaaS is live, and I just did a final sanity check on the site before going all out…

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Aug 06, 2026
MVP 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…

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Aug 01, 2026
Single 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'…

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Jul 27, 2026
One app, all my focus in August: update #5

I didn't expect to write another update so soon, but here we are. It's Monday, July 27, and I'm freakin' hyped about this one. But it needs some context first,…

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Jul 24, 2026
Four blogs, one plan: update #4

I've always loved writing. Not because my skills are PhD material, or dressed up with fancy words to sound smarter, but after a genuinely good conversation with…

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Jul 17, 2026
Less coding, more designing: Update #3

This week I did something different. As much as I love vibe coding my way through things these past few months, I wanted to slow down and work on layouts and re…

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Jul 13, 2026
Leaving WordPress After Twenty Years, in About a Day

This weekend I ended a twenty-year relationship with WordPress. I'd already mentioned that I was migrating off it, but I said at the time I'd keep this blog run…

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Jul 12, 2026
Echo Room: I'm Launching a Long-Form Podcast

I've been quiet for a while on the podcast side. I took a break from my personal podcast journal back in April, and that break stretched into what felt like ski…

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Jun 25, 2026
Progress Update #2: A Mess Became Clarity

At the beginning of May, I decided to step away from all of it. The blogging, the podcasting, the bedtime story recordings . I needed a break, and sometimes tha…

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Apr 24, 2026
Progress Update #1: What’s Been Going On So Far

The last few weeks have been a strange mix of hectic and energising. The kind of busy that doesn’t feel like a grind because you chose it. I’ve been going deep…

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Apr 02, 2026
The Reset I Need: Content Creation Only

There's a particular kind of exhaustion that doesn't show up on any medical chart. It's the kind that settles into your bones after years of fighting battles on…

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