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·UPDATED · 2026-05-04·0D AGO
// current operating window

Now

What I'm working on this week. The /now page is the contract with you: this is current, or it isn't.

// status

Heads-down on Trayd v2 onboarding + the first 12 episodes of Trayd, In Public.

Brooklyn, NY
// this week
  • 01Ship Trayd v2 paywall + checkout flow
  • 02Write EP 02 of Trayd, In Public (subject: the first pricing call I lost on purpose)
  • 03Record one tutorial: atomic-swap deploys end-to-end
  • 04First 100 newsletter subscribers — currently 43
// reading
  • Working in Public — Nadia Eghbal
  • The Mom Test — Rob Fitzpatrick
// listening
  • Floating Points — Promises
  • Nils Frahm — All Melody
// watching
  • Severance S2
  • Slow Horses S4
// what I'm NOT doing

Naming what you're ignoring is half the discipline of focus. The list of things I'm saying no to this week:

  • ×Twitter/X scroll (one window/day)
  • ×New side projects (two killed in April)
  • ×Podcast appearances until the launch ships