I’ve been building something.

And that’s all I’ve wanted to do over the last few weeks. It’s a project that has lived quietly in the back of my mind for years, one of those ideas that keeps resurfacing no matter how many times I’ve tried tried to put it away.

Last month, it finally felt like the right time to commit to it. Letting go of other projects wasn’t easy; I enjoyed working on them. But this one kept calling for attention.

When I started, the scope was small. Two screens, that’s it. Today, I’m up to eight, and I already see a dozen more I’d love to add. Still, I’ve set myself a ship date. I want to get it out there. Have other people use it.

Last week, a friend asked me, “What if no one uses it? What if no one likes it?”

Answering that made something clear: this is the project I should have built all along. Even if no one else uses it, I will. It solves a problem I have. And that’s enough reason to build it.