build notes
Trail Journal
Short posts from real build sessions. No tutorials, no theory. Just notes on what happened.
·3 min read
Day 1 of the Inventory Brain: What actually got done
I planned to build a beautiful app. I ended up with a working database, one API endpoint, and a form that submits without breaking. That's it. That's the win.
inventoryday-1SQLiteFastAPI
·3 min read
What 'local first' actually means for a side project
Local first doesn't mean offline-only or anti-cloud. It means your app works on your machine before you spend a dollar on infrastructure. Here's why that constraint is productive.
local-firstprocessphilosophy
·4 min read
72 hours: what actually ships vs. what you plan to ship
A post-mortem on my first 72-hour build attempt. What I planned, what I cut, what surprised me, and what I'd do differently.
72-hoursprocesspost-mortem