In this day-in-the-life, I’m basically doing the real solo founder loop: build a bit, market a bit, doubt everything, then repeat. I’m trying to go from zero to first customers, and I talk honestly about how weird that stage is—because you can be making “progress” every day, but it still feels like nothing is happening until you get those first real users. I’m balancing software engineering work with the uncomfortable part: putting the product in front of people and asking for attention. I also share the mental side of it—how easy it is to hide in coding because it feels productive, while marketing and customer outreach feels messy and uncertain. The main takeaway is that getting first customers is not some magic growth hack; it’s consistent reps: shipping, talking to users, iterating, and staying sane. If you’re stuck at zero users, this is the exact phase I’m in too, and I’m showing what it looks like without the hype.