Building in Public

Why I share my process

There's a vulnerability in showing your work before it's finished. The rough edges are visible. The wrong turns are documented. The moments of confusion are on display.

I build in public anyway.

The myth of the finished product

We celebrate launches and final products, but the real story is always in the process. The 47 iterations before the design felt right. The three architectural rewrites. The late-night debugging session that revealed a fundamental misunderstanding.

When you only share the polished result, you're telling half the story.

Learning compounds in public

Every time I write about what I'm building, I understand it better. Writing forces clarity. If I can't explain a technical decision in plain language, I probably don't understand it well enough.

The feedback loop is also faster. Sharing early means learning early. A comment from a stranger might save you weeks of building in the wrong direction.

The uncomfortable truth

Building in public means being wrong in public. It means showing code that will embarrass you six months from now. It means admitting when you don't know something.

But that discomfort is a feature, not a bug. It keeps you honest. It keeps you learning. And it helps others who are on the same path feel less alone.

The best time to start sharing your work was yesterday. The second best time is now.