Building-in-public

I once spent weeks building a product nobody wanted. This post details that painful lesson and introduces my bare-minimum approach to validating product ideas *before* writing a single line of code.

I detail how my initial lack of deep expertise in certain areas forced me to embrace an 'anti-expert' mindset, prioritizing rapid, surface-level learning and experimentation over deep dives, which paradoxically accelerated my MVP development.

My personal struggle with how much to share when building in public, the fear of judgment, and my 'Authentic Sharing Spectrum' framework for deciding what and when to post.

The internet is flooded with advice. I talk about my early struggles distinguishing genuinely helpful guidance from misleading 'guru' content and how I found my own compass for learning.

I started with many 'free' tools to save money, only to realize the hidden costs later. This post recounts my journey and shares a framework for making sustainable tech stack decisions from day one.