lessons from failure ( for building )
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move fast and think less
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dont waste time going behind investors pre product
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let what u ship bring in the money, not the other way around
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building something is useless if no one uses it ( atleast u should )
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what you build is more important than what you couldve built ( idea means nothing without a prototype in front of 10 people )
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overengineering from curiosity
→ next time: constrain scope by writing one outcome before starting. -
emotional attachment to ideas
→ if something resists too much, write a 3-line teardown and re-evaluate. -
building infrastructure before usecase
i tried to build a general-purpose system before having a single clear job for it.
→ next time: start from a real personal usecase and backsolve infra. -
meta: my brain loves building but needs constraints
i need lightweight rails — dumb checklists, micro goals, or someone to reflect with — or else i spin infinite toys with no outcome.