This is an audio reading of my essay Build What You Depend On.
In this episode, I talk about what changes when you stop building demos and start building things you actually rely on. How dogfooding shifts priorities. Why living with your own decisions sharpens judgment. And why proximity to friction often teaches more than any roadmap, metric, or feedback session ever could.
If you care about craft, trust, and building tools that hold up under real use, this one is for you.
The written version of this piece is available here.
