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Lab Log

Every entry starts with the lesson. The build notes underneath are the evidence for it — what the friction actually was, what I made, and what I got wrong on the way there.

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12Jul 14 2026shipped6 min+Voice before keyboardThe capture step has to be cheaper than the thought, or the thought is gone.

11Jun 2 2026in progress7 min+You cannot rate your own ideas at 3 AMScoring against a written North Star beats scoring against how excited you feel.

10Apr 21 2026shipped9 min+“Make bingo online”When the brief stops short of the product, the unspecified parts are still yours to own.

09Mar 8 2026shipped5 min+Simple enough to survive real useA system that only works when I'm paying attention is not finished.

08Jan 19 2026shipped6 min+Wiring taught me more about debugging than code didEvery system has a fault path if you test it methodically.

07Nov 30 2025in progress4 min+Gamifying a weakness instead of avoiding itBuild around the friction rather than pretending it isn't there.

06Oct 12 2025shipped5 min+Unstructured rambling into usable notesStructure applied after the fact costs nothing at the moment you need to talk.

05Aug 25 2025shipped8 min+Hardware in a room full of peopleLive systems fail in ways a test environment is too polite to show you.

04Jun 17 2025in progress6 min+Values → goals → habits, in that orderA goal with no value above it is just a task you'll resent.

03Apr 4 2025shipped7 min+What two exits actually taught meBuilding something saleable teaches you what value really is.

02Feb 9 2025shipped5 min+Entering every field under-qualifiedAssume the room knows something you don't, then ask until you find out what.

01Dec 15 2024parked4 min+The dashboard nobody openedIf a tool needs a reason to be opened, it needs to be a notification instead.