Day 7: From Idea to Internet Address
A week ago, in my first post, I made a public promise to build JupiterGoals—a tool to solve a problem I know intimately. The first step to making that idea real wasn’t writing code. It was giving the project a home on the internet. Before you can build the house, you have to secure the land. This post is the first entry in the Public Blueprint series, where I’m documenting every decision and dollar spent. My hope is that this serves as a practical, transparent guide for anyone else looking to turn their own idea into a reality. ...
My hardest project isn't for a corporation. It's for my life
There’s a question that starts as a whisper and grows into a roar over time: Am I living a life I won’t regret? For me, that question became impossible to ignore. After a career spent leading teams and building complex systems from London to Tokyo, I realized the most important project I could ever tackle wasn’t for a corporation. It was for myself. We all have those big, life-changing goals: get healthy, learn a new skill, change careers. But they often feel shrouded in fog, with no clear path forward and no one to hold us accountable. I’ve felt that fog, and I’m going to do what engineers do best: build my way out of it. ...