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The founder lesson I wish someone told me sooner: your first 100 users don't want what you think they want

2h ago · 3 min read · Your first 100 users don't want what you think they want Six months ago I shipped FillTheTimesheet, a time-tracking app for freelancers and agencies. The pitch in my head was gorgeous: automated tracking, smart categorization, AI-assisted client bill...

I Watched Our Team Rewrite the Same AI Prompt 11 Times in One Month

1d ago · 3 min read · I'm not exaggerating. Eleven times. I was doing a quick audit of how our team was using ChatGPT, and I searched Slack for "prompt" to see what was being shared. What I found was the same basic "write a product description" prompt, reinvented slightly...

A $2,400 Mistake That Changed How I Track Time as a Freelancer

1d ago · 2 min read · I'm going to tell you about the most expensive spreadsheet I ever used. For years, I tracked my freelance hours in a Google Sheet. Column A: date. Column B: client. Column C: hours. Column D: a vague description I typed from memory at 10pm. It worked...

I Lost 30% of My UDP Packets — A Debugging Story That Taught Me Networking Fundamentals

6d ago · 2 min read · Networking bugs are the worst kind of humble pie. You think you've got sockets figured out — then a third of your packets disappear without a trace. I recently went through a painful debugging saga that started with a simple observation: my UDP-based...

The Counterintuitive Truth About Building Two Products at Once

Apr 17 · 2 min read · Every founder blog post tells you to focus. Do one thing well. Say no to everything else. I ignored that advice — and it nearly broke me before it made me better. I run two SaaS products as a solo founder: FillTheTimesheet for freelancers and agencie...