what to build
what to build
i am not sure. i don't even know where to start.
i do know that i feel best when im in the flow state. when i'm creating. anything. even this, writing about building something — I feel better and more at peace than doing nothing, watching youtube videos or scrolling through twitter.
why is that? the creativve energy almost has a soul to it. like i am putting my energy out into the world. even if no one sees it. if someone sees it thats great. if alot of people see it and use my product even better, infact thats the dream. but even if no one sees it.
it feels good. oh it feels so good.
to be in the zone,
just to be in the zone. the flow zone. the creative mindset.
we humans are artists. at our core we just want to design a better world. our ancestors did not merely progress and survive by sitting and pondering their existence.
they did so by developing tools, moving around, communicating, putting ideas out there.
thats how they gave us this world hundreds of thousands of years later. no wonder it feels good.
oh it feels so good.
to be in the zone,
just to be in the zone.
sharpen the world inside you. sharpen the world outside you.
thinking too much can actually have negative effects. i have noticed for myself i need the perfect balance of just enough thinking about what to build and then building it relentlessly.
if i think too much im just.. unhappy. if i dont think at all, well thats not even possible but you get the point.
i know this sounds paradoxical in nature. how can you build something great without thinking alot?
in my mind theres a key difference between thinking "too much" and thinking clearly. thinking too much is just synonmous to overthinking. you need to think clearly.
what do you like? what do you dislike? what do you want to change? what do you wish you could change? then go deep into those.
sometimes ill get random spurs of ideas and quickly build them. other times i wont have fresh ideas for days. happens.
im also learning.
but the important thing is you shouldnt stop. my end goal is not to just create something and retire.
that itself would be contradictory to the point of this essay.
because if i stop and retire, how would i be happy? im happiest when im building stuff. when im creating things and putting them out into the world. when im in the flow state.
maybe thats just me being naive. no. not really.
how im thinking is my reality, right? so if me not creating things makes me unhappy then why should i ponder about stopping? it doesnt make any sense.
now, none of this answers the question: what should i build? fuck. ok lets think. matter of fact, lets write down some random ideas?
- ios app using ai vision to scan artwork and talk about that artwork with your ai chat.
- web app to design 3d elements
- ar glasses using ai vision (i have zero hardware experience)
- meditation wrist band
- agentic web browser
- design my own jeans? huhhh?
- an ai powered vending machine that you can talk to "fetch me the coke"
- ai sales agent
- ai product manager
- make an agent play a video game. ok pause, im gonna go try this with my existing agent.
- ^^ ok i literally just did this haha it sucked at playing pacman but was a fun lil agent to build. link to the video tweet here -> tab:https://x.com/saifdotagent/status/1923834440083443864
but see this is what Im talking about. one thing leads to another. ideas encourage ideas.
maybe this is the best approach? if i dont know what to build, i can just start writing stuff down. that gets my mind thinking and my thinking mind gets my hands moving.
i can list down all the crazy random unfinished thoughts and make an idea out of them, then with those ideas i can build something. wait thats a framework and i hate those. mission abort.
kidding.
writing is a form of thinking as paul graham would say. clear writing reflects clear thinking.
if i want to continue building cool stuff i should continue writing about cool stuff.
-SA.
