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SYSTEMS
Hank Green paused three channels this week over how much he had been leaning on ChatGPT. I found my own line the expensive way, by shelving a novel I let five agents write, and it turns out code and prose sit on opposite sides of it.
BUILD LOG
Working title is The Republic of Birds. The story bible, chapter beats and check-back loop I used for business books transfer almost completely to fantasy, and the research turned out to be the part nobody warns you about.
BUILD LOG
Ten days of daily video in, and what's actually holding the habit together: a camera setting, a mindset flip on low views, and a demo filmed off a TV screen because the perfect setup never came.
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