A few months ago, this was just an idea on my laptop. ​ Today, I woke up to my first real payments coming through Stripe. ​ It's not life-changing money yet, but seeing strangers pay for something I built feels different. ​ A few things I've learned: ​ Progress is much slower than you think. Building is the easy part. Getting users is the hard part. Most growth comes from consistency, not big breakthroughs. You'll spend a lot of nights wondering ...