Lesson learned
A deep research spiral can hide the fact that nothing has been shipped, repaired, written, or practiced yet.
Less about hype and more about turning AI into an actual workbench for writing, synthesis, product architecture, and low-cost leverage.
Learned a lot about landing pages, keyword intent, and email structure, but also learned how fast tool stacks can outgrow the actual audience.
Repeated cycles of distro hopping, Docker stack planning, and wanting a perfectly controlled setup that ended up creating more maintenance than leverage.
Became a mix of local history research, photography, and figuring out how to stay curious without drifting into reckless behavior.