Well, June was a bit of a mess. July, I made it!

I know, I know. This will sound like an excuse, and it probably is one. Won’t lie. But the truth is that June was full of things (sadly, I can’t share them all here) that ate up my time, and I didn’t finish a single project all month. So I’ve decided to extend this project of projects by a month, to at least keep myself accountable and pay for my sins.

A lot has moved, though. The big house I’m buying with a group of people in the middle of the Catalan mountains is progressing. The first payment (10%, called “Arras”) is done. Now we’re waiting on the current owner to confirm so we can proceed, which takes about a month, so roughly two days from today. Cross your fingers with me. We also got the first pre-approval on the bank loan and are now going through the second layer of risk checks. Nothing is fully sorted, and it’s slow, but it’s all moving in the right direction. THAT. TOOK. TIME. And a lot of cognitive load.

On another front, I put a lot of time and effort into something that didn’t turn out the way I hoped. I wish I could share it, but I can’t. What I can say is that even though it didn’t land where I expected, it was fulfilling. I learned a lot, got to talk to several new people, and realized there are certain things that really, really pull my attention these days, things I should probably focus on at some point. It was a reminder of where I want to shift my energy and attention over the next months, maybe years. That was reassuring. But it was also a reminder of what I value and don’t want to give up, and of how much it took to get here. And, as I said, it took time.

July went to the second web app. It’s out and released. It’s called Landt, and its main job is to help you land a job. I’d been 80% done since around April and could have finished sooner, but I did a full overhaul once I realized the flow just didn’t make sense (thanks, Anna, for making me see that; your in-depth testing and ideas genuinely made it better). So I’ve spent late nights and weekends on this, and I’m excited for it to finally see the light.

It was also my first time building a Chrome extension. Probably not a big deal, but before this I’d never have considered it an option. Now, apparently, I can. So there’s that. It’s already approved. Building it also showed me how many amazing things are already out there, and how tiny everything I do is, but HEY, let’s not get existential. The app needed it; I think the flow only makes sense with the extension. I have other plans for it and would love to improve it, but, again, only if it gets users. Or if I ever need it myself, which I don’t right now, since I’m not job hunting.

Vestiari isn’t dead, but it isn’t quite alive either. It still gets about five users now and then, me being one of them, which already makes me happy because that was the whole point of building it. I haven’t promoted it, though. I know that’s a big part of the equation and I didn’t do much there, but hey, I do this for a living. This project is about learning to build, not about promotion. It’s also about channels: I don’t move in the places where Vestiari would make sense.

One thing I realized early is that the barrier to entry is high. Digitizing your whole wardrobe takes real effort. I wanted to do it, but I completely understand it’s not a priority for most people, and that’s not a fight I want to pick.

So Vestiari will keep existing, mostly because I don’t mind keeping it alive. It costs me no more than $12.00 a year, and it won’t take more of my time unless I find a channel where it sticks. A bit of TikTok promotion could probably do it, but I don’t want to go there for now. I’ll improve things when I need to. Again, not my focus for the past months or the next ones.

June and July also went into big changes in how I work with information and AI. I finally, fully adopted Obsidian after more than 10 years of co-living with Notion and other tools, and I have my own system now. It took about a week to set it up in a way that actually makes sense for me, and I’ve been using it daily for about 20 days. I’m calling that a win. It’s changed how I manage information and knowledge, and made it much more effective. That makes me really, really happy.

My ADHD means I can’t remember much, so note-taking and documentation have always been a big part of my life. The system behind it, though, was never this solid, or it was just unrealistic to keep up. I think I’ve finally found a way. Let’s see. Maybe it’s just one more that ends up in a drawer.

And that’s all. Everything about Landt is on the projects side. Feel free to try it and reach out if you have some feedback.