Building my way out — by Ricardo

The Life That's Already Here

I write a weekly essay about building toward independence, and right now I'm not building much. I'm working, I'm traveling, I'm living. But the Vancouver weekend reminded me that a lot of what I'm building toward is already happening.

I Signed Up for a Company Hackathon

Somewhere between writing about building my way out, I signed up for a company hackathon. The contradiction isn't lost on me.

Twenty-Eight Signups from a Story, Not a Launch

I Built It. Nobody Came.

I shipped a real product. It works. I use it every day. And when I launched it to the world, the world didn't notice.

Fifteen Thousand Dollars a Month

I've been avoiding a spreadsheet. This week I stopped avoiding it.

I've Watched Three Technology Shifts Remake My Career. AI Is the Fourth.

Every major shift opened a window where individuals could build things that used to require teams. I think AI just kicked that window wide open.