Day 65: Refocusing my efforts

It’s been a while. The first time I missed a day, I felt like I had committed a crime. The next time it happened, the remorse was a bit less. It’s now been over two weeks since the last 90 Days post, and every day since then has slowly reduced my motivation to post. It’s been an eventful two weeks, and I surely haven’t given up on my goals, so I wanted to give you some updates about where I’m at.

The last time you heard from me, I was working on my modular synth project. Good news for you, it’s available for everyone to use now! I call it WavePen, and you can use it for free here: https://wavepen.jinay.dev/. I sent WavePen out to a couple professors, music communities, and friends. Although I got positive comments from them, I saw this wasn’t someone anyone was dying to use, validating my hypothesis that this is more just a toy than a product. Still, I’m glad I was able to start and execute on a project from start to finish as I said I would.

After WavePen’s release, I debated what to work on next. There was even a short-lived period where I considered making a short film in a week. Soon I realized it was time to focus on where my skills and interests have always been: AI. I’ve been building AI projects for many years now, and in retrospect, it was silly to ignore how today’s AIs are transforming the world. The time is ripe to build in AI.

I’ve started to work on a new project that I’ll surely share more about later, but the main thing holding me back is not specific to AI, and that’s talking to potential customers. The idea of it still scares me, and I can’t quite tell why. I know it’s something I’ll have to work on though, which is why I’ll try to do more of it in the coming weeks.

Thanks for sticking with me even through these hiatuses, and a special thanks to those of you who reached out asking where I’d been. 90 Days is still alive.