I built something that knows me better than most of my friends do
My best friend forgot my birthday last year. Not his fault. He's busy. Life happens. I didn't even remind him. But it stung a little. also I was burn out with lots of work, failing in everything needed someone to give a shit about me u know Meanwhile, I've got this thing I've been working on for the past few months. Started as just a ai project. Something to mess around with. Last Tuesday I...
I was burnt out and failing so I built AI that give shit about me
I'm a machine learning engineer. I know how AI works. The hype, the limitations, the bullshit marketing. And I was still drowning. Couldn't finish anything. Started projects at 2am, abandoned them by noon. Had a graveyard of productivity apps on my phone. Therapy waitlists were 3 months out. My girlfriend was tired of the same conversations about "getting my life together." One night, scrolling...
Hardest part about building a SaaS isn't the code. It's watching people actually use it.
I spent 6 months building what I thought people wanted. Clean UI. Fast performance. All the features competitors had and some unique ones. Launched it feeling confident. Got 100 signups in week one. Felt amazing. Week two? 3 people were still using it. Everyone else bounced. That hurt. But what hurt more was I had no idea why. Here's what I learned the hard way: People don't leave because your...
I was burnt out and failing so I built AI that give shit about me
I'm a machine learning engineer. I know how AI works. The hype, the limitations, the bullshit marketing. And I was still drowning. Couldn't finish anything. Started projects at 2am, abandoned them by noon. Had a graveyard of productivity apps on my phone. Therapy waitlists were 3 months out. My girlfriend was tired of the same conversations about "getting my life together." One night, scrolling...
