derailed

i went to the hospital this afternoon because i sprained my ankle yesterday during my walk. i thought it'd be okay, but overnight it had swollen quite a bit. feeling worried, my girlfriend and i decided to take the afternoon off and go.

fortunately, nothing major happened. just a sprained ankle.

i know i wrote this morning that i'd have a build ready by this evening. it's too bad that what i thought would be shipping this afternoon got delayed. it's almost 21:00 right now, and i haven't done the deployment yet. maybe some attenuating circumstances, but i just hate not being able to keep my own promises.

fortunately, i spoke to about 10 different people on reddit via DMs this morning. i had a pretty meaningful exchange with one of them where we exchanged various screenshots (she sent me what she was using, and i sent her some mock-ups of my app), and i received pretty enthusiastic feedback from her! that really made my day.

after the hospital visit, i felt bad dragging my girlfriend that far into the city, so i wanted to thank her and invited her to a nice meal.

we went to a pretty nice restaurant for burgers, then went on a walk in the park and explored some places we hadn't been to (completely derailed, i told you). i felt like i was cheating a bit, but honestly, at this point, i'm thinking that talking and DMing people to send them screenshots of my app and starting to create TikTok content might be the highest leverage activities for creating initial interest.

anyway, i'll keep my promise and go do this build. i'm feeling pretty excited because the app is working, and i can finally show it!