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Day 228 of my one-person company. A well-received talk at a big company, swapping a reply filter for 'reply to everything,' rereading Small Giants, Zheng Qinwen's seven-game comeback, and a week whose theme color was coffee brown.

Day 214 of my one-person company. Only 130 days left in the year, a conversation about aesthetic fatigue and scarcity, automating my business dashboard with an API, token surplus as cognitive surplus, and what to do while waiting on AI.

When Ghostty is full of Claude and Grok tabs, do not sort by folder. File them on two axes — product vs long-running personal practice — and resume the original session IDs into Herdr.

Day 207 of my one-person company. Four lines from Toni Morrison on work, a few moments from marketing the product, finally getting into Apple's Small Business Program, passing 1k followers, and running into an Android knockoff.

Day 200 of my one-person company. Why listening to users is the highest-ROI thing I do, a breakthrough on an overseas platform, what to do when a minor update is stuck in review, ten lessons on Threads, my first bouldering session, and a third trip to POPLAND.

Day 193 of my one-person company. Learning not to refresh the metrics, working backwards from a long-term goal, how an introvert manages social density, and a few things I noticed while running.

Day 186 of my one-person company. Normal sleep returned after the World Cup, a post I threw out casually took off, and my overseas accounts finally showed some numbers.

Self-hosted VPS proxy, phone couldn't connect. Tried 3 free iOS apps — all failed. Turns out it was a core engine compatibility issue. Full troubleshooting journey, 5-app comparison, and a lesson about false economy.

After getting stuck on AdSense phone verification, I switched to Adsterra and had ads running in one evening; later I found the ads caused forced redirects on the user side, so I turned them off and started rethinking AdSense.

The day AIBT launched, I got a $2.99 payment notification while in a taxi. Behind this small number is everything I've accumulated over the past month.

My best week in the past two: a steadier routine, continuous building, clearer positioning, writing, exercise, and remembering AI is a means, not the point of being human.

A set of notes on staying up late, AI, shipping, spring, natural rhythms, and the observer's point of view.

A late-night reflection on balancing personal passion with market demand and business viability.

Reflections on 60 days since going solo — small wishes fulfilled, hopes discovered, and the reality of not yet making money.

One evening, one terminal window, a few words with AI, and my personal site was live. A full walkthrough from planning to deployment.