I started out writing checks. I sat across the table from founders, evaluated bets, and learned what makes a company work and what quietly sinks one.
Then I crossed over and ran things instead of judging them. Years as an operator taught me that building is harder than betting, and a lot more honest about whether you were right.
Now I build my own. From Saigon, mostly solo, shipping real products and writing about what I learn doing it.
I'm the founder of Perfeat ↗, a private food diary where every meal gets a rating and a page. It started as a way to remember the meals worth remembering, and turned into the thing I work on most days.
I build with a lot of AI tooling, and I lean on it heavily. It does not replace the decisions, the taste, or the judgment about what is actually worth making. That part is still the job.
Writing is how I figure out what I actually think. I keep notes on the years as they happen, on specific things I have lived through, and on how people decide and change their minds. Some of it will end up here.
I am not trying to teach anyone. I am trying to be honest about what building is like while I am still in the middle of it.