If you saw my article previously on proof, this is a follow-up on the process. Really, it's just me putting this out into the universe.
If you looked at my life through Proof, it would probably score VERY RARE. Not in the flashy sense, more in the "WTF is this resume?" way. Nothing about me screams prodigy or young tech bro.
I came out of college, worked at a crypto company, got laid off, then moved to a big healthcare company. I'm not a software engineer, didn't work in big tech, didn't go to an Ivy, have 6 X followers, and I've never even been to SF. I've flipped between wanting to be a bodybuilder, playing college baseball, chasing investment banking, diving into crypto and NFTs, then bouncing to healthcare, and now — building apps on the side.
The first iteration of Proof? 100% solo. No coding help, no design team, no cofounder to bounce ideas off.
One thing I've learned: the best ideas don't show up on command. They don't come from whiteboard sessions or gap analysis. They show up when you least expect it and then they pull you along for the ride. You're not the driver, just the passenger, trying not to f*ck it up.
Before Proof, I lived by a brutal schedule: wake at 5am, build for 2 hours, workout, work, repeat. There was no space to receive anything. This idea came after a late night out, a Saturday morning alone, and then hit me again mid-workout that Monday.
From there, the build didn't stall. My mind wasn't forcing or controlling, the idea kept pulling me forward, feature after feature.