Shipping Before Certainty

I used to think clarity came first. That if I just planned enough, the path would reveal itself.

It never did.

Clarity shows up after you ship something — after you wrestle with tradeoffs, live with decisions, and feel the friction of real users and real constraints.

Building in public isn’t about attention. It’s about honesty. About seeing your work clearly because it exists, not because you imagined it.

Most ideas feel perfect when they’re protected. They only get sharp when they’re exposed.

So I try to keep moving:

• Ship small
• Reflect honestly
• Iterate without drama

Progress isn’t loud. It’s quiet, steady, and usually a little uncomfortable.

That’s how you know it’s real.

— Gary