Startup-Life

I’ve spent exactly zero hours reading React documentation cover-to-cover. Zero hours on comprehensive Next.js courses. Zero hours memorizing Python’s standard library. Yet I’ve built multiple production applications, trained LLM models, and ran an EdTech startup that served thousands of students. How? Fast Food Learning. And before you judge me, hear me out. This isn’t about cutting corners. It’s about recognizing that in 2025, the way we learn needs to match the speed at which we need to build. ...

I spent six months building a SaaS product that nobody wanted. The code was beautiful. The architecture was solid. I’d invested countless nights and weekends. I’d turned down freelance work to focus on it. I’d told everyone it was going to be “the one.” And the market response was… crickets. Any rational person would’ve shut it down and moved on. Instead, I spent another six months trying to “make it work.” I pivoted. I added features. I changed the pricing. I rewrote the landing page seventeen times. ...