I carried the fear of being left behind by AI for a while. Then it went away — not because someone talked me out of it, but because two specific moments changed how I understood what AI actually is.
I built a working app for a colleague — without a coding background. That experience changed how I think about human potential, the nature of work, and what's actually possible now.
Pretty Good Gaming reached 6.8 million monthly views and a team of five. Then YouTube's algorithm changed, and it was over almost overnight. Here's what I wish I'd understood before I scaled.