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It wasn't one prompt
AI wrote most of VizAmp's code. It still took three months to make it something I'd sell, and the hardest question at the end was what's fair to charge for it.
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The inputs are the system
Most productivity advice focuses on outputs. Ship more. Do more. Hit the goal.
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It wasn't one prompt
AI wrote most of VizAmp's code. It still took three months to make it something I'd sell, and the hardest question at the end was what's fair to charge for it.
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Finished on purpose
How many Notion templates have you downloaded and never actually used?
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The inputs are the system
Most productivity advice focuses on outputs. Ship more. Do more. Hit the goal.
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Building in public: what actually works
A year in, here's what moved the needle and what was just noise.
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