I'm in the dip and it sucks (Lights) | Build in public E74

all right this is my daily update for my all right this is my daily update for my all right this is my daily update for my build in public log it’s March 11th 225 y’all um I’m really frustrated to be 225 y’all um I’m really frustrated to be 225 y’all um I’m really frustrated to be completely honest with you I completely honest with you I completely honest with you I am pretty I’m just pretty am pretty I’m just pretty am pretty I’m just pretty behind I need to get this thing launched behind I need to get this thing launched behind I need to get this thing launched and done uh and by this thing I made my and done uh and by this thing I made my and done uh and by this thing I made my AI agent API service I’m falling behind AI agent API service I’m falling behind AI agent API service I’m falling behind I am so I am so I am so swamped by this freelance work I’m swamped by this freelance work I’m swamped by this freelance work I’m working on I’m working on a huge working on I’m working on a huge working on I’m working on a huge freelance project I have to build freelance project I have to build freelance project I have to build basically an entire front end app wire basically an entire front end app wire basically an entire front end app wire it up to the back end you know figure it up to the back end you know figure it up to the back end you know figure out how to make that work with the back out how to make that work with the back out how to make that work with the back end it’s just me and I’m having to build end it’s just me and I’m having to build end it’s just me and I’m having to build a huge app in a really short just a a huge app in a really short just a a huge app in a really short just a couple weeks short amount of time it’s couple weeks short amount of time it’s couple weeks short amount of time it’s it’s not like it’s necessarily super it’s not like it’s necessarily super it’s not like it’s necessarily super hard work but it’s a lot of work and I hard work but it’s a lot of work and I hard work but it’s a lot of work and I have to like grind and really work my have to like grind and really work my have to like grind and really work my butt off every day and it gives me no butt off every day and it gives me no butt off every day and it gives me no time to to work on this I barely have time to to work on this I barely have time to to work on this I barely have time to just squeeze in like an hour or time to just squeeze in like an hour or time to just squeeze in like an hour or so of work do the honestly only an hour so of work do the honestly only an hour so of work do the honestly only an hour because I have to go do the video I I do because I have to go do the video I I do because I have to go do the video I I do my daily update and then I was updating my daily update and then I was updating my daily update and then I was updating this website this website this website but I’m trying to automate that and then but I’m trying to automate that and then but I’m trying to automate that and then the API service isn’t quite working the API service isn’t quite working the API service isn’t quite working there’s all these issues so this website there’s all these issues so this website there’s all these issues so this website isn’t fully functional I’m just I’m fed isn’t fully functional I’m just I’m fed isn’t fully functional I’m just I’m fed up that I’m so busy and I can’t I feel up that I’m so busy and I can’t I feel up that I’m so busy and I can’t I feel like I’m just making no progress I’m like I’m just making no progress I’m like I’m just making no progress I’m getting nowhere really fast and now you getting nowhere really fast and now you getting nowhere really fast and now you have uh open AI released today uh a have uh open AI released today uh a have uh open AI released today uh a framework to build agents I’m just framework to build agents I’m just framework to build agents I’m just falling behind and I’m just so falling behind and I’m just so falling behind and I’m just so frustrated I want to hire someone but I frustrated I want to hire someone but I frustrated I want to hire someone but I don’t even have money yet um this don’t even have money yet um this don’t even have money yet um this freelance project there’s a huge huge freelance project there’s a huge huge freelance project there’s a huge huge delay in getting paid which is kind of delay in getting paid which is kind of delay in getting paid which is kind of scary I’m you know to be completely scary I’m you know to be completely scary I’m you know to be completely honest like it’s like am I going to get honest like it’s like am I going to get honest like it’s like am I going to get paid for like weeks and weeks of paid for like weeks and weeks of paid for like weeks and weeks of grueling work I don’t I hope so grueling work I don’t I hope so grueling work I don’t I hope so uh I mean I think I will but there’s uh I mean I think I will but there’s uh I mean I think I will but there’s this huge delay in the pay and so my pay this huge delay in the pay and so my pay this huge delay in the pay and so my pay is all messed up I’m really behind you is all messed up I’m really behind you is all messed up I’m really behind you know know know financially like I I just don’t so I financially like I I just don’t so I financially like I I just don’t so I just don’t have money to hire someone just don’t have money to hire someone just don’t have money to hire someone let’s put it that way and I really want let’s put it that way and I really want let’s put it that way and I really want to because I want to move ahead much to because I want to move ahead much to because I want to move ahead much faster but and then I don’t even have faster but and then I don’t even have faster but and then I don’t even have time to hire someone you know so I think time to hire someone you know so I think time to hire someone you know so I think you see my dilemma um and then and just you see my dilemma um and then and just you see my dilemma um and then and just I keep getting blocked on all these I keep getting blocked on all these I keep getting blocked on all these stupid things it’s it’s frustrating so there’s a great book about what I’m so there’s a great book about what I’m so there’s a great book about what I’m going through so uh it’s a short book it going through so uh it’s a short book it going through so uh it’s a short book it is by an extremely famous person Seth is by an extremely famous person Seth is by an extremely famous person Seth Goden um he’s like a oh God think of him Goden um he’s like a oh God think of him Goden um he’s like a oh God think of him like a like a like a a LinkedIn a LinkedIn a LinkedIn influencer business marketing person if influencer business marketing person if influencer business marketing person if that makes any sense uh I hate to use that makes any sense uh I hate to use that makes any sense uh I hate to use this word but a thought leader that’s so this word but a thought leader that’s so this word but a thought leader that’s so cringe um he’s kind of one of those guys cringe um he’s kind of one of those guys cringe um he’s kind of one of those guys anyway so uh here is this is I do I anyway so uh here is this is I do I anyway so uh here is this is I do I mean sometimes he’s full of I’ll be mean sometimes he’s full of I’ll be mean sometimes he’s full of I’ll be honest but he’s often right about a lot honest but he’s often right about a lot honest but he’s often right about a lot of stuff so he has this book about the of stuff so he has this book about the of stuff so he has this book about the how you have how you have how you have to to to um you have to realize that when you um you have to realize that when you um you have to realize that when you start start start something uh results yeah you you you something uh results yeah you you you something uh results yeah you you you kick off a long like like for example a kick off a long like like for example a kick off a long like like for example a business so I my goal is to like make a business so I my goal is to like make a business so I my goal is to like make a million dollars a year of an AI SAS million dollars a year of an AI SAS million dollars a year of an AI SAS business or you know a business I don’t business or you know a business I don’t business or you know a business I don’t I don’t care if it’s consultancy it I don’t care if it’s consultancy it I don’t care if it’s consultancy it doesn’t even need to be SAS I want to doesn’t even need to be SAS I want to doesn’t even need to be SAS I want to make a million dollars a year and so I make a million dollars a year and so I make a million dollars a year and so I started really strong and I I pumped out started really strong and I I pumped out started really strong and I I pumped out all this stuff and then now I’m in the all this stuff and then now I’m in the all this stuff and then now I’m in the middle of the dip like my YouTube middle of the dip like my YouTube middle of the dip like my YouTube channel this YouTube channel is not channel this YouTube channel is not channel this YouTube channel is not going anywhere uh I’m not making any going anywhere uh I’m not making any going anywhere uh I’m not making any money well I am but freelance not from money well I am but freelance not from money well I am but freelance not from the business I mean God damn it’s a the business I mean God damn it’s a the business I mean God damn it’s a failure so I’m here in the dip and the failure so I’m here in the dip and the failure so I’m here in the dip and the the book is about how too many people the book is about how too many people the book is about how too many people quit when they’re here when if in quit when they’re here when if in quit when they’re here when if in reality if you keep pushing that all reality if you keep pushing that all reality if you keep pushing that all your effort and all everything your effort and all everything your effort and all everything will start to compound and then you you will start to compound and then you you will start to compound and then you you know it shoots up like a rocket ship and know it shoots up like a rocket ship and know it shoots up like a rocket ship and you see this a lot in startups you see you see this a lot in startups you see you see this a lot in startups you see this a lot in other companies even not this a lot in other companies even not this a lot in other companies even not even just traditional companies I’m in even just traditional companies I’m in even just traditional companies I’m in the dip and it sucks uh I work so the dip and it sucks uh I work so the dip and it sucks uh I work so hard every week and I make well hard every week and I make well hard every week and I make well at least I’m making money on freelance at least I’m making money on freelance at least I’m making money on freelance so I no customers I’m so I no customers I’m so I no customers I’m just I’m I’m still gonna push hard to just I’m I’m still gonna push hard to just I’m I’m still gonna push hard to try to try to try to get uh get uh get uh agents code like MVP launched by this agents code like MVP launched by this agents code like MVP launched by this weekend um so right after this video I’m weekend um so right after this video I’m weekend um so right after this video I’m going to grind for like an hour or two going to grind for like an hour or two going to grind for like an hour or two we’ll see it’s probably going to be more we’ll see it’s probably going to be more we’ll see it’s probably going to be more like an hour and a half uh get unblocked like an hour and a half uh get unblocked like an hour and a half uh get unblocked so what am I blocked by I’m blocked so what am I blocked by I’m blocked so what am I blocked by I’m blocked by being by being by being blocked then I’m block I’m blocked blocked then I’m block I’m blocked blocked then I’m block I’m blocked by being blocked that’s how blocked I am by being blocked that’s how blocked I am by being blocked that’s how blocked I am uh so Google is blocking blocking my uh so Google is blocking blocking my uh so Google is blocking blocking my agent to my YouTube agent that I’ve that agent to my YouTube agent that I’ve that agent to my YouTube agent that I’ve that I’ve been working on locally it runs I’ve been working on locally it runs I’ve been working on locally it runs because obviously it sees the IP address because obviously it sees the IP address because obviously it sees the IP address and it’s like okay but the server IP and it’s like okay but the server IP and it’s like okay but the server IP address is blocked and I’m struggling to address is blocked and I’m struggling to address is blocked and I’m struggling to get that working with a with a API get that working with a with a API get that working with a with a API service service service where my where my where my agent makes the request via a proxy so a agent makes the request via a proxy so a agent makes the request via a proxy so a proxy service is is what I’m trying to proxy service is is what I’m trying to proxy service is is what I’m trying to do um I don’t know why I can’t get I’ve do um I don’t know why I can’t get I’ve do um I don’t know why I can’t get I’ve tried two and I cannot get this thing to tried two and I cannot get this thing to tried two and I cannot get this thing to work work work so that’s where I’m at I’m going I’m so that’s where I’m at I’m going I’m so that’s where I’m at I’m going I’m hoping to get unblocked and get one hoping to get unblocked and get one hoping to get unblocked and get one working get something working um find a working get something working um find a working get something working um find a solution the dip sucks if I do then it solution the dip sucks if I do then it solution the dip sucks if I do then it leaves me a couple of days to push hard leaves me a couple of days to push hard leaves me a couple of days to push hard and get some of this stuff get all these and get some of this stuff get all these and get some of this stuff get all these little miscellaneous things done and little miscellaneous things done and little miscellaneous things done and then sit down this weekend and like then sit down this weekend and like then sit down this weekend and like really really focus and really uh push really really focus and really uh push really really focus and really uh push push everything out I actually have the push everything out I actually have the push everything out I actually have the updated agent code running on the server updated agent code running on the server updated agent code running on the server so that’s start now I just need to like so that’s start now I just need to like so that’s start now I just need to like get the front end the front end is a is get the front end the front end is a is get the front end the front end is a is a separate app than the back end like a separate app than the back end like a separate app than the back end like agent Runner so I’m so close but again agent Runner so I’m so close but again agent Runner so I’m so close but again that dip and anyways that’s the update that dip and anyways that’s the update that dip and anyways that’s the update for today I wish I had more to show more for today I wish I had more to show more for today I wish I had more to show more to share but uh you if you’re watching to share but uh you if you’re watching to share but uh you if you’re watching this you you want to know what it’s this you you want to know what it’s this you you want to know what it’s really like to try to start a business really like to try to start a business really like to try to start a business it sucks like you work really hard and it sucks like you work really hard and it sucks like you work really hard and it it wa it it wa it it wa here here here sucks H but if you get to here it’s sucks H but if you get to here it’s sucks H but if you get to here it’s glorious and too many people follow like glorious and too many people follow like glorious and too many people follow like really successful really successful really successful entrepreneurs um and they think oh you entrepreneurs um and they think oh you entrepreneurs um and they think oh you just build some and people will just build some and people will just build some and people will come and you make millions of dollars I come and you make millions of dollars I come and you make millions of dollars I mean no you it’s you got to do the dip mean no you it’s you got to do the dip mean no you it’s you got to do the dip you got to grind for a long time I have you got to grind for a long time I have you got to grind for a long time I have a couple friends who are really wealthy a couple friends who are really wealthy a couple friends who are really wealthy not really wealthy but like you know not really wealthy but like you know not really wealthy but like you know entrepreneur wealthy like they’ve made entrepreneur wealthy like they’ve made entrepreneur wealthy like they’ve made millions of millions of millions of dollars I don’t know about the one guy dollars I don’t know about the one guy dollars I don’t know about the one guy how how how he I don’t know all the details he makes he I don’t know all the details he makes he I don’t know all the details he makes it sound like it was pretty easy how he it sound like it was pretty easy how he it sound like it was pretty easy how he made money but one friend I know who made money but one friend I know who made money but one friend I know who who’s pretty he’s almost like even kind who’s pretty he’s almost like even kind who’s pretty he’s almost like even kind of retired both of them are kind of of retired both of them are kind of of retired both of them are kind of retired and in their in their 30s well retired and in their in their 30s well retired and in their in their 30s well the one guy is 40 now he he grinded for the one guy is 40 now he he grinded for the one guy is 40 now he he grinded for so hard and made barely any so hard and made barely any so hard and made barely any money and struggled so he grinded for money and struggled so he grinded for money and struggled so he grinded for years and years the one person I it was years and years the one person I it was years and years the one person I it was really well off anyways no questions or really well off anyways no questions or really well off anyways no questions or comments yeah it’s probably going to be comments yeah it’s probably going to be comments yeah it’s probably going to be that way for a while until I launch this that way for a while until I launch this that way for a while until I launch this thing and I actually have real traction thing and I actually have real traction thing and I actually have real traction real users and real agents running um real users and real agents running um real users and real agents running um although I do have agents running although I do have agents running although I do have agents running they’re just blocked soon guys soon I they’re just blocked soon guys soon I they’re just blocked soon guys soon I swear to God I’m GNA push there and get swear to God I’m GNA push there and get swear to God I’m GNA push there and get out of this out of this out of this dip uh okay on to my random story for dip uh okay on to my random story for dip uh okay on to my random story for today this is going to be as I say today this is going to be as I say today this is going to be as I say random as across the street from random as across the street from random as across the street from where I’m staying at right now there is where I’m staying at right now there is where I’m staying at right now there is like a like a football soccer field like a like a football soccer field like a like a football soccer field where all these kids play where all these kids play where all these kids play sports kind of sucks there’s like kids sports kind of sucks there’s like kids sports kind of sucks there’s like kids running around all the time I prefer not running around all the time I prefer not running around all the time I prefer not having a bunch of kids running around having a bunch of kids running around having a bunch of kids running around but but but anyways they you know the light is anyways they you know the light is anyways they you know the light is literally shining on my face you can see literally shining on my face you can see literally shining on my face you can see the light uh oh man so across the street the light uh oh man so across the street the light uh oh man so across the street they have they had those big old old they have they had those big old old they have they had those big old old school like baseball field soccer school like baseball field soccer school like baseball field soccer football field lights like those big football field lights like those big football field lights like those big loud ones uh at sporting events they’re loud ones uh at sporting events they’re loud ones uh at sporting events they’re like these big round ones they’re really like these big round ones they’re really like these big round ones they’re really loud they make like this humming sound loud they make like this humming sound loud they make like this humming sound and they’re bright as they they and they’re bright as they they and they’re bright as they they they have those and they keep them on they have those and they keep them on they have those and they keep them on all the time because these kids play all the time because these kids play all the time because these kids play games and sports and practice and stuff games and sports and practice and stuff games and sports and practice and stuff out there uh they’ve been replacing them out there uh they’ve been replacing them out there uh they’ve been replacing them the last few days with these new LED the last few days with these new LED the last few days with these new LED lights so if you’re into sports lights so if you’re into sports lights so if you’re into sports um a lot of stadiums now around the um a lot of stadiums now around the um a lot of stadiums now around the world this is internationally have have world this is internationally have have world this is internationally have have replaced these big old school lights replaced these big old school lights replaced these big old school lights with these like huge LED ones okay uh with these like huge LED ones okay uh with these like huge LED ones okay uh pretty random and right now one is pretty random and right now one is pretty random and right now one is shining right in my face the brand new shining right in my face the brand new shining right in my face the brand new LED lights and now they do weird stuff LED lights and now they do weird stuff LED lights and now they do weird stuff where like they you know when they want where like they you know when they want where like they you know when they want the audience to cheer they like all the audience to cheer they like all the audience to cheer they like all Flash and it’s like horrible everybody Flash and it’s like horrible everybody Flash and it’s like horrible everybody hates it and they do all these weird hates it and they do all these weird hates it and they do all these weird fancy things but these LED lights I fancy things but these LED lights I fancy things but these LED lights I remember when uh before LED lights were remember when uh before LED lights were remember when uh before LED lights were really big they really big they really big they had yeah so before the LEDs like they had yeah so before the LEDs like they had yeah so before the LEDs like they had these the had these the had these the um CFL lights okay this was the hot rage um CFL lights okay this was the hot rage um CFL lights okay this was the hot rage for like a good while uh in uh in uh in California they like the state California they like the state California they like the state government government government um you know we had the old school um you know we had the old school um you know we had the old school traditional light bulbs and they pushed traditional light bulbs and they pushed traditional light bulbs and they pushed hard they were like we need to save hard they were like we need to save hard they were like we need to save energy we need to replace every single energy we need to replace every single energy we need to replace every single light with these and you know they’re light with these and you know they’re light with these and you know they’re like they they last a really long time like they they last a really long time like they they last a really long time and according to this they don’t and according to this they don’t and according to this they don’t uh failure uh failure uh failure reasons is okay is that what it stands reasons is okay is that what it stands reasons is okay is that what it stands for compact fluorescent lights yeah for compact fluorescent lights yeah for compact fluorescent lights yeah since the resident converter since the resident converter since the resident converter tends to stabilize to stabilize lamp tends to stabilize to stabilize lamp tends to stabilize to stabilize lamp current blah blah blah blah blah blah current blah blah blah blah blah blah current blah blah blah blah blah blah respond poorly in dimming applications respond poorly in dimming applications respond poorly in dimming applications yeah yeah they didn’t D and will yeah yeah they didn’t D and will yeah yeah they didn’t D and will experience short Liv yeah they they experience short Liv yeah they they experience short Liv yeah they they there was this big Push by California there was this big Push by California there was this big Push by California they’re like and we must replace them they’re like and we must replace them they’re like and we must replace them and please go buy these but they were and please go buy these but they were and please go buy these but they were expensive as and people what do you expensive as and people what do you expensive as and people what do you think happened were people going to think happened were people going to think happened were people going to replace them no because why would why go replace them no because why would why go replace them no because why would why go spend more money uh and they were like spend more money uh and they were like spend more money uh and they were like they’re going to last so much longer um they’re going to last so much longer um they’re going to last so much longer um please go buy them and I remember they please go buy them and I remember they please go buy them and I remember they had this weird special they were like had this weird special they were like had this weird special they were like okay for a temporary time you can buy a okay for a temporary time you can buy a okay for a temporary time you can buy a box of these like these were normally box of these like these were normally box of these like these were normally really expensive like a Bo like it was really expensive like a Bo like it was really expensive like a Bo like it was like $5 a bulb or something crazy they like $5 a bulb or something crazy they like $5 a bulb or something crazy they were I don’t remember they were super were I don’t remember they were super were I don’t remember they were super expensive and I remember there was a expensive and I remember there was a expensive and I remember there was a there was this temporary thing like a there was this temporary thing like a there was this temporary thing like a state I don’t remember the scheme but state I don’t remember the scheme but state I don’t remember the scheme but like somehow the state of California had like somehow the state of California had like somehow the state of California had like a massive discount like the the like a massive discount like the the like a massive discount like the the companies that sold it so like if you companies that sold it so like if you companies that sold it so like if you went to like a hardware store Like Home went to like a hardware store Like Home went to like a hardware store Like Home Depot or something somehow they would Depot or something somehow they would Depot or something somehow they would get reimbursed so it was like a get reimbursed so it was like a get reimbursed so it was like a lightning cell I mean just like crazy lightning cell I mean just like crazy lightning cell I mean just like crazy like normally these things would be you like normally these things would be you like normally these things would be you know $10 $20 for a box of them and then know $10 $20 for a box of them and then know $10 $20 for a box of them and then it was $2 so I I I hatched this scheme I it was $2 so I I I hatched this scheme I it was $2 so I I I hatched this scheme I was like okay we’re going to go I’m was like okay we’re going to go I’m was like okay we’re going to go I’m gonna go buy up like a ton of these gonna go buy up like a ton of these gonna go buy up like a ton of these and then I’ll turn around and sell them and then I’ll turn around and sell them and then I’ll turn around and sell them because it was like a temporary thing because it was like a temporary thing because it was like a temporary thing you know so i r so I went to the store you know so i r so I went to the store you know so i r so I went to the store and I had boxes and boxes and I I spent and I had boxes and boxes and I I spent and I had boxes and boxes and I I spent like hundreds of dollars because I was like hundreds of dollars because I was like hundreds of dollars because I was going to sell these and use them well going to sell these and use them well going to sell these and use them well guess what I never sold them of course guess what I never sold them of course guess what I never sold them of course we use them and these stupid things they we use them and these stupid things they we use them and these stupid things they would burn out like yeah they’d burn out would burn out like yeah they’d burn out would burn out like yeah they’d burn out real fast they’d burn out all the damn real fast they’d burn out all the damn real fast they’d burn out all the damn time and the light was like the color time and the light was like the color time and the light was like the color was horrible it was like this like was horrible it was like this like was horrible it was like this like insufferable white light you know what I insufferable white light you know what I insufferable white light you know what I mean the color was not good and then mean the color was not good and then mean the color was not good and then they just said you know what these suck they just said you know what these suck they just said you know what these suck uh we’re LED now go to LED so now it’s uh we’re LED now go to LED so now it’s uh we’re LED now go to LED so now it’s all about Led but uh so for years and all about Led but uh so for years and all about Led but uh so for years and years I had boxes and boxes and boxes of years I had boxes and boxes and boxes of years I had boxes and boxes and boxes of these damn lights I still think I have I these damn lights I still think I have I these damn lights I still think I have I I I think here in this house and and all I I think here in this house and and all I I think here in this house and and all my I have like a big box of all this old my I have like a big box of all this old my I have like a big box of all this old stuff I think I still have boxes of stuff I think I still have boxes of stuff I think I still have boxes of these goddamn lights so uh they pushed these goddamn lights so uh they pushed these goddamn lights so uh they pushed these things hard and I never sold them these things hard and I never sold them these things hard and I never sold them I never made money off this stupid I never made money off this stupid I never made money off this stupid scheme scheme scheme I was just you know I was a young kid I I was just you know I was a young kid I I was just you know I was a young kid I was I don’t know maybe like 20 years old was I don’t know maybe like 20 years old was I don’t know maybe like 20 years old or something so I never made money and or something so I never made money and or something so I never made money and these quickly faded out of of uh you these quickly faded out of of uh you these quickly faded out of of uh you know know know popularity uh yeah look like that but popularity uh yeah look like that but popularity uh yeah look like that but these sucked anyways yeah saying that these sucked anyways yeah saying that these sucked anyways yeah saying that just made reminded me of my stupid just made reminded me of my stupid just made reminded me of my stupid scheme long ago and I’m really hoping scheme long ago and I’m really hoping scheme long ago and I’m really hoping that my AI agent scheme is not another that my AI agent scheme is not another that my AI agent scheme is not another CFL light bulbs game so that’s a big CFL light bulbs game so that’s a big CFL light bulbs game so that’s a big worry I have anyways that’s all I got worry I have anyways that’s all I got worry I have anyways that’s all I got see you tomorrow