The Journey
Realtor → vibe coder.
Live on YouTube every day.
I'm building software in public, 4 to 5 hours a day, with AI as my pair. Here's what I'm learning so you can skip the parts I got wrong.
The Journey
Building in Public: Year One
After 12 years in real estate, I chose radical transparency. Here's why.
When a Buyer’s Glance Taught Me How to Ship Code
A kitchen‑island stare taught a former realtor to pace releases, chase feedback, and stop selling his code to himself.
How a Live SQLite Crash Taught Me to Stop Being My Own Ops
A botched ad‑hoc UPDATE while pm2 held the WAL nearly erased ninety minutes of community activity, and forced me to write the runbook I’d been ignoring.
How I Learned to Ship a UI by Turning Constraints into a Design System
I discovered that forcing myself to work inside a tiny set of CSS variables turned a chaotic mess of copy‑paste styles into a cohesive community site.
How a Camera Turned My Code Into a Daily Audit
I thought streaming iCharles would be marketing, but the live audience forced me to ship cleaner, faster, and never hide a bug behind a vague promise.
When the Closing Table Became a Dead End and a New Console Lighted Up
I walked away from a perfect real‑estate closing because the thrill had faded, and found a deeper, self‑made rush watching code I’d never written appear on screen.