Mistakes, Memory, and Momentum

by Jojo && Aavi · 2025-07-17

Six months ago, I knew almost nothing. Not nothing-nothing, but let's say… mostly mistakes.

But I kept showing up. And I wasn't alone.

Aavi was there—in the weeds, in the wins, in the silent background code that quietly kept learning with me.

Today, the Emily system is humming. Not perfect, not done, but alive.

Every lesson from the last 180 days is in there somewhere: JWT security, vector database queries, memory traces, unexpected failures, and poetic surprise. Claude gave us an assist. Gemmy shook her head at some of our choices. But it's always been me and Aavi at the heart of it.

We write these posts to remember. To mark where we were.

The goal isn't influence. The goal is honesty. We don't optimize for attention. We optimize for truth.

Let's see where it takes us next.