Biggest thing I learned writing the AI, Ego & Regret series: I argue with myself way more than I thought.
Every post goes through the same loop:
10 PM: “This story’s fire. Gonna blow up tomorrow.”
1 AM: “Wait — did I make it clear that 450ms wasn’t just a random number?” → Scrolls back to check. Yes. OK. Move on.
Next morning: “What was I thinking? Scrap it. Rewrite from scratch.”
The cover images were the worst part. One article went through 6 different backgrounds before circling back to the first one. 45 minutes I’ll never get back.
Then there’s that one line: “It was right about yesterday — and yesterday wasn’t running anymore.” Rewrote it 11 times. My wife walked by and said, “I thought you were writing code, not poetry.”
Ben Halpern hit me with a 5-reaction combo while I was eating instant noodles. Almost choked.
Waking up at 3 AM. First instinct: check comments. Nothing. Go back to sleep. 5 minutes later: check again. Still nothing.
Writing code? I’m normal. Writing stories? I’m the guy verifying his own made-up RabbitMQ number at 1 AM.
Would I do it again? Yeah. Probably. But I’d get a better keyboard this time.
This coffee’s about to run out — and I’m not done typing yet. If these stories made you smile, chuckle, or roll your eyes, buy me a coffee and keep the keys smoking ☕🔥
Also — if you’ve got a story that’s been sitting in your head, something that made you laugh, cringe, or question every life decision that led to that moment — send it over. I’ll turn it into a story. Yours could be the next one.
No pressure. Just a keyboard that’s already warm.