I Built 7 MVPs in 12 Months — Here's What Actually Worked

<h2> The Lie We All Agreed To Tell Each Other </h2> <p>MVP. Minimum Viable Product. The word <em>minimum</em> is right there, doing nothing.</p> <p>Ask any founder how long their

<p>I wanted to validate a startup idea before writing code. So I tested every free AI startup idea validator I could find in 2026 — same idea across all of them.</p>

<p>I recently opened my GitHub account and filtered by private repositories. I actually counted them: exactly 27 abandoned side projects created over the last 3 years.</p>

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<p>Every Monday I'd sit down for our team sync and draw a blank.</p> <p>What did I actually work on last week? How many hours did I put in? Was I in flow or just firefighting?</p>

<p>I have a confession: I'm a productivity app addict.</p> <p>Notion, Todoist, Things, TickTick, Bear, Obsidian — I've tried them all. And every single one failed me in the same

<p>If you've spent any time on developer Twitter, you've seen it.</p> <p>Founders posting their MRR. Sharing what broke this week. Documenting every step of building their product

<p>Eight months ago I was frustrated. I do strength training, <br /> running, and BJJ — and I needed three different apps to <br /> track everything. Strava for runs, Strong for