The Prodigal Second Brain
I built a second brain in 2020 and drowned it in my own output. PARA was the right answer to the wrong era. Here is the shape that fits this one.
•7 min read
JamieWatters.work
Portfolio hub + personal brand + Mission Control
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Build Journey Posts
Contact Is the Test
Self-awareness that doesn't produce contact with other people has gone bad. Dostoevsky figured this out in 1864.
•4 min read
The Compute Class Divide
AI providers are chasing enterprise contracts. Compute is finite. The solopreneur gets whatever's left.
•5 min read
The Higher Ground Strategy
When 100,000 new apps launch every day, competing on volume is suicide. Here's what I'm doing instead.
•7 min read
6,048 Contributions and Nothing to Show for It
I'm the 18th most active GitHub user in the US. I have 12 followers. Something doesn't add up.
•6 min read
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- Update Mission Control with portfolio-wide view
- Sync product status from this file
- Regular build-in-public content