Scattered on Purpose

The full story, all ten products, and the chain that built itself: "0 to 10: How One App Became Ten Products" scatteredonpurpose.substack.com/p/0-to-10-how-… What's the one product you'd build first if execution were free?

The full story, all ten products, and the chain that built itself: "0 to 10: How One App Became Ten Products" scatteredonpurpose.substack.com/p/0-to-10-how-… What's the one product you'd build first if execution were free?

If you've been sitting on an idea, the math has changed. Building used to require a team, funding, and months of runway. Now it requires a clear vision and the right tools. Whoever sees the most territory wins. Being scattered is the edge.

The bottleneck was never ideas. Everyone has ideas. The bottleneck was execution. And the moment that became fast and cheap, one guy in his basement could ship ten products in thirty days. That guy was me. I still don't believe it.

The full story is live: "From Canvas to Code: How a Fine Arts Degree Built a Software Lab." What's the "useless" degree or detour in your past that you're starting to think might actually be your edge? scatteredonpurpose.substack.com/p/from-canvas-…

Ten products. Six industries. Thirty days. One guy who still can't believe it's real. If a voice tells you you're not a "real" developer, it's out of date. The gap between imagining a thing and building it is gone.

Seven words I typed into ChatGPT turned into ten products across six industries. No team. No funding. No computer science degree. Just a fine arts degree and an AI tool that finally closed the gap.

The first post is live: "Scattered, On Purpose?" If you're tired of being told to pick a lane, this one's for you. open.substack.com/pub/scatteredo… What's the domain you keep getting pulled back to even though you "shouldn't"?

Every product I build teaches me something I apply to the next. A romantasy community taught me onboarding lessons I used in a kids' edtech app. A trading bot taught me real-time data lessons I used in a health tracker. Insights compound.

For most of my life I thought being scattered was a flaw. Every piece of career advice said the same thing: pick a lane. Niche down. Go deep, not wide. I don't believe that anymore.