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From problem to product to post-mortem

Posted on:May 2025

Last year I built a trading journal app. It started with a problem: Google Sheets was clunky and repetitive.
So, I spent a couple weeks building my own tool.

A month later, I wasn’t using it anymore.

It had too many features and tried to solve problems I didn’t actually have. What I actually needed was simple: log trades, tag a few things, track mindset, move on. Instead, I created friction that pushed me away. Here’s what I learned:

Success isn’t always pushing forward; sometimes it’s knowing when to walk away.