The technical evolution of a young engineer — recorded honestly, in the order it happened. Every entry earned, none inflated.
A single `print('hello world')` in a Python REPL. The moment the machine spoke back was the moment the door opened.
Built dozens of small games — the first real proof that instinct and iteration beat instruction.
Launched a browser extension. Zero users. Learned more from the silence than from any tutorial.
Rebuilt everything twice. Started shipping small SaaS experiments. The systems finally clicked.
Published libraries, wrote publicly, and found that trust compounds faster than code.
Beyond The Piggy Bank — the argument, on paper. A field manual for anyone who decided to start early.