It’s crazy but I’m nostalgic for those early days of Poppy - 10 years ago. When I knew no one in tech and no one knew me. When I had nothing but sheer bravado powering my idea.
There was nothing to lose and everything to try.
Since the beginning this time around has been different. More expectations than curiosity. It hits different. It gets you to build different.
But out here on the edges it’s quiet again. When it comes down to only one question: what are you building and does anyone need it.
The weight of expectations is heavy. Suffocating.
It’s hard to do anything else though. Hard to be lesser or uncertain or wrong in a time when you’re surrounded by so many who seems to be right.
Still. The only way around is play.