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⚪battling a scattered mind?
⚪struggling to focus?
⚪feeling overwhelmed by endless digital demands?
It's not just you.
Your phone, and the apps on it, are skillfully designed to hijack your attention.
Now I open VS Code like, “Alright, let’s argue until something works.”
Now I open VS Code like, “Alright, let’s argue until something works.”
I type chaos, it returns structure.
We build from there.
I type chaos, it returns structure.
We build from there.
I’m the “AI made it finally possible for me to build the ideas sitting in my head” person.
That lane is enough for me.
I’m the “AI made it finally possible for me to build the ideas sitting in my head” person.
That lane is enough for me.
Meanwhile I’m over here using AI just to stop feeling illiterate in tech.
Context matters.
Meanwhile I’m over here using AI just to stop feeling illiterate in tech.
Context matters.
That’s my whole product strategy right now.
That’s my whole product strategy right now.
“I’m tired of talking to cold systems. Give me a bridge back to human beings.”
AI as a doorway, not a wall.
“I’m tired of talking to cold systems. Give me a bridge back to human beings.”
AI as a doorway, not a wall.
I said “this might be my way out of not knowing anything about tech.”
That changes how seriously you take the tools.
I said “this might be my way out of not knowing anything about tech.”
That changes how seriously you take the tools.
I had:
- random Twitter threads
- AI models
- Laravel docs
And a vision that refused to leave me alone.
I had:
- random Twitter threads
- AI models
- Laravel docs
And a vision that refused to leave me alone.
I already figured out how to speak AI.
I already figured out Laravel.
I can figure out the rest.
I already figured out how to speak AI.
I already figured out Laravel.
I can figure out the rest.
Founding a startup.
Learning AI.
Processing trauma.
Squinting at code.
All at the same time.
Founding a startup.
Learning AI.
Processing trauma.
Squinting at code.
All at the same time.
It’s being the one who will sit there the longest with the problem until it finally taps out.
It’s being the one who will sit there the longest with the problem until it finally taps out.
I want to be the person who says:
"Yeah, I learned AI, Laravel, and product out of pure survival instinct… and then built something real."
I want to be the person who says:
"Yeah, I learned AI, Laravel, and product out of pure survival instinct… and then built something real."
It’s:
- here’s what I broke
- here’s what I fixed
- and here’s why I still believe I can take over the world with this product.
It’s:
- here’s what I broke
- here’s what I fixed
- and here’s why I still believe I can take over the world with this product.
I didn’t know web design.
I didn’t know databases.
I just refused to stay confused.
I didn’t know web design.
I didn’t know databases.
I just refused to stay confused.
- Laravel
- @WorkOS starter kit
- @OpenAI
- and a slightly unhinged belief in my future self.
- Laravel
- @WorkOS starter kit
- @OpenAI
- and a slightly unhinged belief in my future self.
Sometimes the glow up is just consistent confusion plus persistence.
Sometimes the glow up is just consistent confusion plus persistence.
But I am dangerous with:
- AI
- Laravel
- and a specific vision of the product I want to exist.
That’s enough.
But I am dangerous with:
- AI
- Laravel
- and a specific vision of the product I want to exist.
That’s enough.
I did not "find my place in tech."
Tech was confusing, gatekept, and overwhelming.
I found my place in AI.
AI became the bridge into tech for me.
I did not "find my place in tech."
Tech was confusing, gatekept, and overwhelming.
I found my place in AI.
AI became the bridge into tech for me.
It’s knowing how to talk to AI like a teammate:
- explain what I want
- get back clarity
- and turn that into something I can ship or sell.
It’s knowing how to talk to AI like a teammate:
- explain what I want
- get back clarity
- and turn that into something I can ship or sell.
Now I stare at them like new runes.
Progress.
Now I stare at them like new runes.
Progress.
I said, “Okay, if the billionaires are treating this seriously, I’m not about to be left in 1998.”
I said, “Okay, if the billionaires are treating this seriously, I’m not about to be left in 1998.”
Startups. Relationships. Communities.
It’s not theory. It’s lived damage.
Startups. Relationships. Communities.
It’s not theory. It’s lived damage.
Sometimes it’s a personality disorder problem.
Sometimes it’s three of them in the same Slack.
Sometimes it’s a personality disorder problem.
Sometimes it’s three of them in the same Slack.
BPD. NPD. The persistence of both.
Because the more I move through tech, business, and leadership circles… the more I’m like: this is not rare at all.
BPD. NPD. The persistence of both.
Because the more I move through tech, business, and leadership circles… the more I’m like: this is not rare at all.
Glasses for far.
Glasses for near.
My founder reality:
One pair for code.
One pair for vibes.
One pair for reading legal agreements I did not understand when I signed them.
Glasses for far.
Glasses for near.
My founder reality:
One pair for code.
One pair for vibes.
One pair for reading legal agreements I did not understand when I signed them.