The Failure Files
It didn’t work out.
Let’s learn something.
The wrong assumptions, the expensive detours, and the decisions we’d make differently. Failure belongs in the record.
The archive
01 file / more lessons to comeFailure File #001 · Watcher
Stopped before public launchI spent 80 days building.
Then I asked who would pay.
AI helped me build a home-media platform. It couldn’t tell me whether anyone needed another one.
~80 days255 commits~50.7k source lines
Read the failure file Each file separates repository evidence, personal experience, and what remains uncertain.