Remember that to-do list from 2 years ago? Those tasks that seemed impossible to do. If only “you had more time” to focus.
I spent years staring at my to-dos that would never materialize. They were taking up precious cognitive load and preventing me from taking action on other things. Just a single line with a few words causing distress. A task so simple but so out of reach.
I wanted to integrate a simple CMS for this website and I finally did. But there was one key feature that wasn’t fully aligned with my mental model. I sent an email to the founder asking if there was a way to send a webhook when a new post was created.
Instead of waiting around I ripped out the service I just integrated 15 minutes earlier and told Claude to build a custom solution tailored to my needs.
By the time I got a reply I had a fully fleshed out custom CMS integrated into my website with even more features.
Of course the answer from the founder was "no".
I'm writing this post using the rich editor Claude built.
If you can’t spare 8 hours each day to get a big project done, do something small and see the compounding effects later.
Get unstuck. Gain momentum. Even if it's not good enough, it's much easier to iterate on something that exists than starting off with a blank slate.
