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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 and public log it’s March 12th build and public log it’s March 12th build and public log it’s March 12th 2025 decided to actually do my daily 2025 decided to actually do my daily 2025 decided to actually do my daily update update update outside usually outside usually outside usually inside uh it’s very inside uh it’s very inside uh it’s very cloudy yeah behind me that’s not really cloudy yeah behind me that’s not really cloudy yeah behind me that’s not really my office my office my office obviously I wish so many people have obviously I wish so many people have obviously I wish so many people have actually thought that was real right now actually thought that was real right now actually thought that was real right now it doesn’t look real but usually the way it doesn’t look real but usually the way it doesn’t look real but usually the way I sit it looks pretty real and people I sit it looks pretty real and people I sit it looks pretty real and people people are fooled all the time that they people are fooled all the time that they people are fooled all the time that they think it’s real and I get asked that think it’s real and I get asked that think it’s real and I get asked that question all the time it’s kind of way I question all the time it’s kind of way I question all the time it’s kind of way I keep it it’s kind of my thing now um keep it it’s kind of my thing now um keep it it’s kind of my thing now um it’s kind of it’s kind of I’m kind of it’s kind of it’s kind of I’m kind of it’s kind of it’s kind of I’m kind of known for that background so known for that background so known for that background so unfortunately that’s not the BR unfortunately that’s not the BR unfortunately that’s not the BR background I don’t even know where background I don’t even know where background I don’t even know where that’s at looks like Bali or Indonesia that’s at looks like Bali or Indonesia that’s at looks like Bali or Indonesia or something uh it’s calm before the or something uh it’s calm before the or something uh it’s calm before the storm literally and figuratively it’s storm literally and figuratively it’s storm literally and figuratively it’s very cloudy you could tell it’s going to very cloudy you could tell it’s going to very cloudy you could tell it’s going to rain uh it’s supposed to rain uh it’s supposed to rain uh it’s supposed to rain uh all night like a good deal rain uh all night like a good deal rain uh all night like a good deal tonight in in the coming day or so and I tonight in in the coming day or so and I tonight in in the coming day or so and I feel like now that’s a good metaphor feel like now that’s a good metaphor feel like now that’s a good metaphor for where I’m at with with my project for where I’m at with with my project for where I’m at with with my project agents code my AI agent API agents code my AI agent API agents code my AI agent API service so it’s been a really exhausting service so it’s been a really exhausting service so it’s been a really exhausting week it’s Wednesday and it feels like week it’s Wednesday and it feels like week it’s Wednesday and it feels like I’ve worked a full full week uh feels I’ve worked a full full week uh feels I’ve worked a full full week uh feels like it’s the end of the week oh my God like it’s the end of the week oh my God like it’s the end of the week oh my God I wish it was Friday uh in yesterday’s I wish it was Friday uh in yesterday’s I wish it was Friday uh in yesterday’s video I talked about how I was blocked video I talked about how I was blocked video I talked about how I was blocked it’s pretty stupid what I was blocked by it’s pretty stupid what I was blocked by it’s pretty stupid what I was blocked by so really I was so really I was so really I was using I’ve been blocked the last several using I’ve been blocked the last several using I’ve been blocked the last several days because there was two days because there was two days because there was two different tools I was using that were different tools I was using that were different tools I was using that were the wrong the wrong the wrong tools number one for my whole service tools number one for my whole service tools number one for my whole service that I’m self hosting I was using n that I’m self hosting I was using n that I’m self hosting I was using n packs that ended up at the end not being packs that ended up at the end not being packs that ended up at the end not being the right tool for the right job I the right tool for the right job I the right tool for the right job I needed to just make needed to just make needed to just make a Docker file from scratch and actually a Docker file from scratch and actually a Docker file from scratch and actually put all my dependencies in there so that put all my dependencies in there so that put all my dependencies in there so that was the wrong tool that was good at was the wrong tool that was good at was the wrong tool that was good at first but the as the project grew in first but the as the project grew in first but the as the project grew in scope I started adding a bunch of scope I started adding a bunch of scope I started adding a bunch of dependencies and needing dependencies dependencies and needing dependencies dependencies and needing dependencies and it got too too heavy for next packs and it got too too heavy for next packs and it got too too heavy for next packs it just couldn’t couldn’t uh it just it just couldn’t couldn’t uh it just it just couldn’t couldn’t uh it just wasn’t working for for how I needed that wasn’t working for for how I needed that wasn’t working for for how I needed that set up I needed like very fine grain set up I needed like very fine grain set up I needed like very fine grain setup uh so I you know I ripped that out setup uh so I you know I ripped that out setup uh so I you know I ripped that out replaced it and then I was again using replaced it and then I was again using replaced it and then I was again using the wrong Tool YouTube kept blocking my the wrong Tool YouTube kept blocking my the wrong Tool YouTube kept blocking my agent um and what I was trying to do was agent um and what I was trying to do was agent um and what I was trying to do was I’m trying to get the transcript of the I’m trying to get the transcript of the I’m trying to get the transcript of the video and I was trying to use scraping video and I was trying to use scraping video and I was trying to use scraping tools that’s not the right tool for the tools that’s not the right tool for the tools that’s not the right tool for the job because it has to do the tool to get job because it has to do the tool to get job because it has to do the tool to get the transcripts not just like a request the transcripts not just like a request the transcripts not just like a request like hey here’s the HTML no no no it like hey here’s the HTML no no no it like hey here’s the HTML no no no it needs to do way more so it just was not needs to do way more so it just was not needs to do way more so it just was not the right tool um I was even trying I the right tool um I was even trying I the right tool um I was even trying I was trying to use the was trying to use the was trying to use the proxy like hey go through this proxy and proxy like hey go through this proxy and proxy like hey go through this proxy and get it was just absolutely the wrong get it was just absolutely the wrong get it was just absolutely the wrong tool for the job in the end I ended up tool for the job in the end I ended up tool for the job in the end I ended up using a proxy service not a scraping using a proxy service not a scraping using a proxy service not a scraping tool with the proxy because the tool I’m tool with the proxy because the tool I’m tool with the proxy because the tool I’m using doesn’t just load it up in the using doesn’t just load it up in the using doesn’t just load it up in the browser it does a lot of things behind browser it does a lot of things behind browser it does a lot of things behind the the the scenes and it needs to make several scenes and it needs to make several scenes and it needs to make several requests so I needed to just proxy and requests so I needed to just proxy and requests so I needed to just proxy and tunnel all that to a proxy so anyways I tunnel all that to a proxy so anyways I tunnel all that to a proxy so anyways I got it working uh as soon as I dropped got it working uh as soon as I dropped got it working uh as soon as I dropped in actually I dropped in uh the proxy in actually I dropped in uh the proxy in actually I dropped in uh the proxy service and it worked locally and just service and it worked locally and just service and it worked locally and just fine and I deployed it and I was like fine and I deployed it and I was like fine and I deployed it and I was like okay why why the isn’t this working okay why why the isn’t this working okay why why the isn’t this working again and then I realized the firewall again and then I realized the firewall again and then I realized the firewall was blocking it I was like so scared I was blocking it I was like so scared I was blocking it I was like so scared I was like oh my God why isn’t this was like oh my God why isn’t this was like oh my God why isn’t this working I spent so much time uh but that working I spent so much time uh but that working I spent so much time uh but that was a quick fix and I figured that out was a quick fix and I figured that out was a quick fix and I figured that out pretty quickly but uh I was like oh my pretty quickly but uh I was like oh my pretty quickly but uh I was like oh my God it’s still not working um so anyways God it’s still not working um so anyways God it’s still not working um so anyways it’s all I’m unblocked everything is it’s all I’m unblocked everything is it’s all I’m unblocked everything is working now everything’s updated on the working now everything’s updated on the working now everything’s updated on the server so now I’m going to do one of my server so now I’m going to do one of my server so now I’m going to do one of my dicey real demos every time I do this dicey real demos every time I do this dicey real demos every time I do this something always breaks and it’s embarrassing all right this again I’m embarrassing all right this again I’m embarrassing all right this again I’m working to make this fully working to make this fully working to make this fully automated something’s already wrong I automated something’s already wrong I automated something’s already wrong I need to fix need to fix need to fix that uh you can see there’s that uh you can see there’s that uh you can see there’s no you can see there’s no preview so no you can see there’s no preview so no you can see there’s no preview so something’s still wrong but so I’m I’m something’s still wrong but so I’m I’m something’s still wrong but so I’m I’m running in the GitHub auction that I running in the GitHub auction that I running in the GitHub auction that I have set up have set up have set up to look at okay what videos are on the to look at okay what videos are on the to look at okay what videos are on the on my YouTube channel and what episode on my YouTube channel and what episode on my YouTube channel and what episode is not created on the site yet so then is not created on the site yet so then is not created on the site yet so then it it looks at it it looks at it it looks at that it figures that out oh we need this that it figures that out oh we need this that it figures that out oh we need this episode we need an episode number blah episode we need an episode number blah episode we need an episode number blah blah blah and then it goes in it blah blah and then it goes in it blah blah and then it goes in it um oh oh ah oh ah oh ah so this is the Cron job and it so this is the Cron job and it so this is the Cron job and it already ran it so I was so yeah this I already ran it so I was so yeah this I already ran it so I was so yeah this I see what happened um okay it ran it ran it ran it five hours ago and I’m trying to run it five hours ago and I’m trying to run it five hours ago and I’m trying to run it again and for some odd reason uh in it again and for some odd reason uh in it again and for some odd reason uh in the code it’s like no it’s it’s going the code it’s like no it’s it’s going the code it’s like no it’s it’s going hey this is already created like I’m I’m hey this is already created like I’m I’m hey this is already created like I’m I’m bailing out interesting so I need to fix bailing out interesting so I need to fix bailing out interesting so I need to fix that um what’s up with the preview why that um what’s up with the preview why that um what’s up with the preview why isn’t that working so okay it ran yep so the the missing one is ran yep so the the missing one is ran yep so the the missing one is episode 70 it ran already before I did episode 70 it ran already before I did episode 70 it ran already before I did this this this manually and there it manually and there it manually and there it is screw it that’s weird so suddenly that preview it that’s weird so suddenly that preview it that’s weird so suddenly that preview appeared okay let me just double check appeared okay let me just double check appeared okay let me just double check this this this cool cool cool cool actually it’s not supposed to say cool actually it’s not supposed to say cool actually it’s not supposed to say that part that part that part but okay so I’m going to merge this so uh when so I’m going to merge this so uh when so I’m going to merge this so uh when this so in my previous videos I this so in my previous videos I this so in my previous videos I explained all this so explained all this so explained all this so when this thing runs it’s going to when this thing runs it’s going to when this thing runs it’s going to create a PR but but like just for now create a PR but but like just for now create a PR but but like just for now just temporarily until I make sure just temporarily until I make sure just temporarily until I make sure everything’s shaken down and working I everything’s shaken down and working I everything’s shaken down and working I have it make a PR but I had to go prove have it make a PR but I had to go prove have it make a PR but I had to go prove it so uh that code is not it’s it so uh that code is not it’s it so uh that code is not it’s optimistically expecting me to to not optimistically expecting me to to not optimistically expecting me to to not have a duplicate PR you you see what I’m have a duplicate PR you you see what I’m have a duplicate PR you you see what I’m saying because it’s to just soon I’m saying because it’s to just soon I’m saying because it’s to just soon I’m going to just set it to as long as it going to just set it to as long as it going to just set it to as long as it builds and like I get the green check builds and like I get the green check builds and like I get the green check boxes it’s just going to deploy it so boxes it’s just going to deploy it so boxes it’s just going to deploy it so the code is like doesn’t really expect the code is like doesn’t really expect the code is like doesn’t really expect there to be a pending one it expects it there to be a pending one it expects it there to be a pending one it expects it just to work each time it runs and it’s just to work each time it runs and it’s just to work each time it runs and it’s supposed to roll the site updated and so supposed to roll the site updated and so supposed to roll the site updated and so anyways yeah now I see what happen so anyways yeah now I see what happen so anyways yeah now I see what happen so now if I go and run this it should work now if I go and run this it should work now if I go and run this it should work for the next episode and uh it should for the next episode and uh it should for the next episode and uh it should open the pr so let’s do another dicey open the pr so let’s do another dicey open the pr so let’s do another dicey demo demo demo uh I had to move inside neighbors were uh I had to move inside neighbors were uh I had to move inside neighbors were they appeared right next to me and were they appeared right next to me and were they appeared right next to me and were being loud uh okay so I ran this it it being loud uh okay so I ran this it it being loud uh okay so I ran this it it worked it took a little longer than I’d worked it took a little longer than I’d worked it took a little longer than I’d like took 43 seconds and then it made like took 43 seconds and then it made like took 43 seconds and then it made this this this PR PR PR um yeah so there we go um yeah so there we go um yeah so there we go that’s almost the latest episode so as that’s almost the latest episode so as that’s almost the latest episode so as soon as this builds I’m going soon as this builds I’m going soon as this builds I’m going to hit the approved and and yeah I’m pressing merge okay so and and yeah I’m pressing merge okay so and and yeah I’m pressing merge okay so I’m officially unblocked everything is I’m officially unblocked everything is I’m officially unblocked everything is working so far um I’m going to just keep working so far um I’m going to just keep working so far um I’m going to just keep letting this run in the background and letting this run in the background and letting this run in the background and it’s going it’s going it’s going to uh like open PRS like I said and I’ll to uh like open PRS like I said and I’ll to uh like open PRS like I said and I’ll come in and improve it once or twice a come in and improve it once or twice a come in and improve it once or twice a day I have my API service up and running day I have my API service up and running day I have my API service up and running on the server everything is working on the server everything is working on the server everything is working again uh I can I can go again uh I can I can go again uh I can I can go fetch YouTube transcriptions everything fetch YouTube transcriptions everything fetch YouTube transcriptions everything is working again uh so what’s next is working again uh so what’s next is working again uh so what’s next what’s next is I’m going to push hard uh what’s next is I’m going to push hard uh what’s next is I’m going to push hard uh the rest of the week and try to get all the rest of the week and try to get all the rest of the week and try to get all the little miscellaneous bits done and the little miscellaneous bits done and the little miscellaneous bits done and get the get the MVP launched I’m going get the get the MVP launched I’m going get the get the MVP launched I’m going to try to get it this weekend but I have to try to get it this weekend but I have to try to get it this weekend but I have so much damn work gring work um uh I’m so much damn work gring work um uh I’m so much damn work gring work um uh I’m gonna try I’ll do my best I I don’t know gonna try I’ll do my best I I don’t know gonna try I’ll do my best I I don’t know that’s all that’s all I could do is try that’s all that’s all I could do is try that’s all that’s all I could do is try my best uh next week I’m going to my best uh next week I’m going to my best uh next week I’m going to probably need a couple days off for a probably need a couple days off for a probably need a couple days off for a downtime hopefully cuz I’m just I’m I’m downtime hopefully cuz I’m just I’m I’m downtime hopefully cuz I’m just I’m I’m I’m burning I’m burning I’m burning hard okay all right no questions or hard okay all right no questions or hard okay all right no questions or comments for today uh all right on to my comments for today uh all right on to my comments for today uh all right on to my random story for random story for random story for today all right I am trying to build a today all right I am trying to build a today all right I am trying to build a business okay business okay business okay and you and you and you know it’s not going well at all I’m know it’s not going well at all I’m know it’s not going well at all I’m struggling to get done fast even struggling to get done fast even struggling to get done fast even with using AI tools to help me with using AI tools to help me with using AI tools to help me uh I’m struggling to to to make any uh I’m struggling to to to make any uh I’m struggling to to to make any revenue and have users but I do just revenue and have users but I do just revenue and have users but I do just want to say you know I have had some want to say you know I have had some want to say you know I have had some success in the past um success in the past um success in the past um I I I had a business uh years ago oh my I I I had a business uh years ago oh my I I I had a business uh years ago oh my God I don’t know how many years ago now God I don’t know how many years ago now God I don’t know how many years ago now like maybe five years or something like like maybe five years or something like like maybe five years or something like that uh I I had a I had a business that uh I I had a I had a business that uh I I had a I had a business partner uh who was family which was a partner uh who was family which was a partner uh who was family which was a big mistake don’t ever do that big mistake don’t ever do that big mistake don’t ever do that so we grew a community from zero to like so we grew a community from zero to like so we grew a community from zero to like 50,000 people in North America we had 50,000 people in North America we had 50,000 people in North America we had monthly Revenue we had some contractors monthly Revenue we had some contractors monthly Revenue we had some contractors uh I put a lot of money in that into uh I put a lot of money in that into uh I put a lot of money in that into that that was a real legit business we that that was a real legit business we that that was a real legit business we had regular uh you know Revenue so I’m had regular uh you know Revenue so I’m had regular uh you know Revenue so I’m not not a complete Joker amateur who’s not not a complete Joker amateur who’s not not a complete Joker amateur who’s never had any any business or any never had any any business or any never had any any business or any revenue or anything so I do just want to revenue or anything so I do just want to revenue or anything so I do just want to make that clear I I ran a few make that clear I I ran a few make that clear I I ran a few newsletters that didn’t manage to really newsletters that didn’t manage to really newsletters that didn’t manage to really take off in the take off in the take off in the end uh I ended up selling those recently end uh I ended up selling those recently end uh I ended up selling those recently so I I’ve you know I I’ve sold some some so I I’ve you know I I’ve sold some some so I I’ve you know I I’ve sold some some things I’ve built uh you know I’ve had a things I’ve built uh you know I’ve had a things I’ve built uh you know I’ve had a real business with real Revenue real real business with real Revenue real real business with real Revenue real customers a lot you know big audience a customers a lot you know big audience a customers a lot you know big audience a big community so I just I just want to big community so I just I just want to big community so I just I just want to throw that out there I know I I know I throw that out there I know I I know I throw that out there I know I I know I I’m sucking right now and I’m trying not I’m sucking right now and I’m trying not I’m sucking right now and I’m trying not to suck I think I’m really close to a to suck I think I’m really close to a to suck I think I’m really close to a breakthrough breakthrough breakthrough uh but I just want to say that just just uh but I just want to say that just just uh but I just want to say that just just so you know like I’m not a just a so you know like I’m not a just a so you know like I’m not a just a complete loser guy that’s never done complete loser guy that’s never done complete loser guy that’s never done anything and but am I a super uh anything and but am I a super uh anything and but am I a super uh successful entrepreneur no I’m trying to successful entrepreneur no I’m trying to successful entrepreneur no I’m trying to do that that’s what I’m attempting to do do that that’s what I’m attempting to do do that that’s what I’m attempting to do here with all of this so uh with that here with all of this so uh with that here with all of this so uh with that said uh I was thinking about I was like said uh I was thinking about I was like said uh I was thinking about I was like what was the first thing I ever actually what was the first thing I ever actually what was the first thing I ever actually sold that I made and I actually did make sold that I made and I actually did make sold that I made and I actually did make and sell something years ago but it was and sell something years ago but it was and sell something years ago but it was so sh so sh so sh like I was thinking about it to myself like I was thinking about it to myself like I was thinking about it to myself like man I’m really failing here but I’m like man I’m really failing here but I’m like man I’m really failing here but I’m like okay you’ve you’ve had businesses like okay you’ve you’ve had businesses like okay you’ve you’ve had businesses before you’ve sold a few side projects before you’ve sold a few side projects before you’ve sold a few side projects come on so the first side project I ever come on so the first side project I ever come on so the first side project I ever sold was a flash an online flash card uh sold was a flash an online flash card uh sold was a flash an online flash card uh website service so you know you have um website service so you know you have um website service so you know you have um it’s really popular it’s really popular it’s really popular tool tool tool um Inky I think is how you pronounce it um Inky I think is how you pronounce it um Inky I think is how you pronounce it I’ve always been a little confused how I’ve always been a little confused how I’ve always been a little confused how you pronounce it really really great you pronounce it really really great you pronounce it really really great great open source tool it’s it’s it’s great open source tool it’s it’s it’s great open source tool it’s it’s it’s great so I made I was starting to learn great so I made I was starting to learn great so I made I was starting to learn Spanish and I made all these like really Spanish and I made all these like really Spanish and I made all these like really high quality uh Spanish flashcards and high quality uh Spanish flashcards and high quality uh Spanish flashcards and then I ended up making a few uh because then I ended up making a few uh because then I ended up making a few uh because my approach to trying to learn Spanish my approach to trying to learn Spanish my approach to trying to learn Spanish was I took uh what was it I think it was was I took uh what was it I think it was was I took uh what was it I think it was like the 500 most used words in a like the 500 most used words in a like the 500 most used words in a language and I broke that down into language and I broke that down into language and I broke that down into flash cards like that had audio pictures flash cards like that had audio pictures flash cards like that had audio pictures you know it was really well done I had you know it was really well done I had you know it was really well done I had someone help me translate and look it someone help me translate and look it someone help me translate and look it over I made like super super high over I made like super super high over I made like super super high quality flash cards cuz my thinking is quality flash cards cuz my thinking is quality flash cards cuz my thinking is just learn the 500 most used words and just learn the 500 most used words and just learn the 500 most used words and you can go to that country and you’ll be you can go to that country and you’ll be you can go to that country and you’ll be like way ahead of 99% of the foreigners like way ahead of 99% of the foreigners like way ahead of 99% of the foreigners and tourists and even foreign people and tourists and even foreign people and tourists and even foreign people living there honestly a lot of people living there honestly a lot of people living there honestly a lot of people not 99% of those people but you’ll be not 99% of those people but you’ll be not 99% of those people but you’ll be way ahead and people will be pretty way ahead and people will be pretty way ahead and people will be pretty impressed and a lot more friendly to you impressed and a lot more friendly to you impressed and a lot more friendly to you if you know all the little basic words if you know all the little basic words if you know all the little basic words the top 500 you’ll re really really I do the top 500 you’ll re really really I do the top 500 you’ll re really really I do recommend that if you ever like intend recommend that if you ever like intend recommend that if you ever like intend to spend significant time in a country to spend significant time in a country to spend significant time in a country or a hell even visit and you just you or a hell even visit and you just you or a hell even visit and you just you know you think it’d be fun so I made a know you think it’d be fun so I made a know you think it’d be fun so I made a website that was like you know learn website that was like you know learn website that was like you know learn these words like uh and I and I sold the these words like uh and I and I sold the these words like uh and I and I sold the flash cards that was that was the flash cards that was that was the flash cards that was that was the business it was so but I was proud business it was so but I was proud business it was so but I was proud because I did a good job I actually because I did a good job I actually because I did a good job I actually spent money I ended up losing money spent money I ended up losing money spent money I ended up losing money because in the end I spent more making because in the end I spent more making because in the end I spent more making those flash cards than I sold it for but those flash cards than I sold it for but those flash cards than I sold it for but I just lost focus and was really busy I just lost focus and was really busy I just lost focus and was really busy and traveling and stuff so I I ended up and traveling and stuff so I I ended up and traveling and stuff so I I ended up selling that that was the first thing I selling that that was the first thing I selling that that was the first thing I ever sold like that was a side business ever sold like that was a side business ever sold like that was a side business so unfortunately the big business that so unfortunately the big business that so unfortunately the big business that did fail that I had the revenue and the did fail that I had the revenue and the did fail that I had the revenue and the big audience and you know all the users big audience and you know all the users big audience and you know all the users not users customers um I didn’t sell it not users customers um I didn’t sell it not users customers um I didn’t sell it unfortunately it’s very frustrating unfortunately it’s very frustrating unfortunately it’s very frustrating that’s a long story for another day um that’s a long story for another day um that’s a long story for another day um I’m sure I’ll tell that story but not I’m sure I’ll tell that story but not I’m sure I’ll tell that story but not today um but yeah anyways I was just today um but yeah anyways I was just today um but yeah anyways I was just thinking thinking thinking like what was I thought about it I was like what was I thought about it I was like what was I thought about it I was like what was the first thing I ever like what was the first thing I ever like what was the first thing I ever actually was it the newsletter and I and actually was it the newsletter and I and actually was it the newsletter and I and I realized no the newsletters was not I realized no the newsletters was not I realized no the newsletters was not the first thing I ever sold so all right the first thing I ever sold so all right the first thing I ever sold so all right that’s all I got for today I’m so happy that’s all I got for today I’m so happy that’s all I got for today I’m so happy to be unblocked and I’m so happy I got to be unblocked and I’m so happy I got to be unblocked and I’m so happy I got so much done done the last few days so so much done done the last few days so so much done done the last few days so I’m almost there it is the Calm before I’m almost there it is the Calm before I’m almost there it is the Calm before the storm because when I release the a the storm because when I release the a the storm because when I release the a AI agent AP ice service I feel like the AI agent AP ice service I feel like the AI agent AP ice service I feel like the storm is finally rolling into town