29 Miles Was Easier Than No Finish Line
On my birthday I run my age in miles. It’s the only goal I have that comes with its own finish line.
Tucson · Puerto Rico · Writing and building
Carlos Morales Jr.
I’m an electrical engineer. At night I build software under a studio name, Morales Labs. Then I write down what actually happened to it, with the numbers attached, including the ones that came back zero.
I’m Puerto Rican, I run far on purpose, and I dance salsa. I care way too much about where the 1 is, enough that I built an app around it.
Receipts kept so far
- 29.39 mion my 29th birthday, starting at 3:40 a.m.
- 4 live · $0products for sale, and total sales
- 401 · 0passing tests on one product, and people who have used it
- 5 · 0strokes in a 2-3 clave, and how many land on the 1
Every number links to the piece it came from.
What I write about
Building things, and what happens after AI, and how to test it Engineering Money and markets Running Salsa and the music under it Puerto Rico Whatever I changed my mind about
Every piece starts from something that actually happened. If there’s a number in it, the number has a date.
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Engineering evidence and market evidence are different kinds of truth. I only had one.
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I build a lot of things. I decided to start keeping receipts.
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