1. The access collection black hole You need Figma access, Google Analytics, WordPress admin, GitHub, and the client's Slack. You ask. They forward a password email from two years ago. You ask again. Their developer says they'll get back to you. Three days pass. The fix: Send a single, complete access list on Day 1 — not "we'll need some access" but the exact list, with specifics for each tool,
It started at midnight I had 24 hours, a free Replit subscription, and an idea: what if I could build something like Miro — but actually understand every line of code in it? The core problem I had to solve first Multiplayer sync sounds simple until you actually build it. The hard part isn't sending a canvas update — it's figuring out what to send. canvas.on('object:modified', (e) => { socket.emi
I write a lot of READMEs. I ship faster than I document. I work with AI agents that write code in seconds and READMEs in minutes, and somewhere between the first commit and the third refactor, the README I wrote on Tuesday stops matching the code I wrote on Friday. The install command says npm start. The package.json defines start:prod. Anyone copying that command would have failed instantly. I'd