Month 6: Still Building Alone at 3 AM. And That's Okay.

Monday, June 23rd - 2:47 AM

Still coding. Isabella's asleep. Mango's snoring on my feet.

No team. No employees. No Fortune 500 deals. Just me, VS Code, and this obsession with fixing documentation.

Current status:

const reality = {
  monthsBuilding: 6,
  linesOfCode: 47_892,
  cupsOfCoffee: "lost count",
  revenue: 0,
  users: "some testers",
  
  motivation: "still high",
  doubt: "constant companion",
  why: "because devs deserve better"
};

Tuesday, June 24th - 10:00 AM

Working from a café today. Needed to see humans.

Overheard two developers at the next table:

"The documentation is three years old." "Just read the code." "It's 10,000 lines of spaghetti." "Good luck."

This. This is why I keep building.

Wednesday, June 25th - 4:00 PM

Testing session with a developer friend:

$ codecontext generate ./his-project

Analyzing codebase...
✓ Found 156 functions
✓ Generated documentation
✓ Time saved: ~8 hours

"Holy shit, this actually works!"

His feedback: "It's good but needs [lists 47 things]"

Back to coding.

Thursday, June 26th - 11:00 PM

Isabella: "Come to bed."

Me: "Just fixing this one bug..."

Isabella: "You said that 3 hours ago."

Me: "This time I mean it."

Isabella: "Sure you do."

She gets it. She doesn't love it, but she gets it.

Friday, June 27th - 3:30 PM

Reality check:

// What I thought by month 6:
const expectations = {
  revenue: "$50k MRR",
  // team: "5 developers",
  team: "growing team",
  customers: "hundreds",
  press: "TechCrunch feature"
};

// What I have:
const reality = {
  revenue: "$0",
  team: "me",
  customers: "beta testers",
  press: "my mom shared on Facebook"
};

But also:

// What I've built:
const progress = {
  coreEngine: "works beautifully",
  cliTool: "fast and reliable", 
  documentation: "90% complete",
  vision: "clearer than ever",
  determination: "unbreakable"
};

Saturday, June 28th - 8:00 PM

Dinner with Isabella.

Isabella: "How long will you keep doing this?"

Me: "Until it works."

Isabella: "What if it takes years?"

Me: "Then it takes years."

Isabella: "You're stubborn."

Me: "That's why you love me."

Isabella: "Among other reasons."

Sunday, June 29th - 10:00 AM

Sunday debugging session. Found why it was crashing on large files:

// The bug that's been haunting me
function parseAST(file: LargeFile) {
  // Was loading entire file into memory
  const content = fs.readFileSync(file); // 💥 boom
  
  // Now streaming
  const stream = fs.createReadStream(file);
  // Process in chunks
}

Three weeks to find. Three minutes to fix.

This is programming.

Monday, June 30th - 6:00 PM

Six months in. Time for honesty:

What's Hard:

• No salary for 6 months
• Working alone most days
• Constant self-doubt
• Watching others' "overnight success"
• Explaining what I do at parties

What Keeps Me Going:

• Every developer who says "this helps"
• The problem is real and painful
• I use CodeContext daily myself
• Isabella's quiet support
• Mango's loud snoring

The Truth Nobody Tells You:

Most startups aren't hockey sticks. They're long, slow climbs with occasional views that make it worth it.

I haven't "made it." I'm just making it work, day by day.

Monday, June 30th - 11:59 PM

Last commit of month 6:

$ git commit -m "feat: Improved performance by 40%"
$ git push origin main

Commits this month: 847
Features shipped: 23
Bugs fixed: 156
Revenue generated: 0
Fucks given about revenue: 0

Because it's not about the money yet. It's about building something that should exist.

The Real Motivation

I've worked at companies where:

• Documentation was always "we'll do it later"
• New devs took months to understand the code
• Knowledge left when people left
• Everyone accepted this as normal

It's not normal. It's broken.

So I'm fixing it. One late night at a time.

To everyone else building alone: You're not crazy. You're just early.

Keep shipping.

Month 7 starts tomorrow. Still solo. Still determined. Still building.

Follow the real journey: @yonasvalentin