When Burnout Became My Co-founder, I Built an Escape Hatch
Explore the global beta: https://ahacatalyst.top/ # The Silent Crisis Every Builder Knows In 2024, Meta laid off 11,000 engineers. Jasper AI collapsed despite $125M funding. Pieter Levels’ PayPal account got frozen overnight—erasing 18 months of work. These aren’t outliers; they’re the new normal. We’ve all felt the ground shift: * The FAANG engineer who realized "job security" died with ChatGPT * The indie developer whose SaaS crashed when Stripe updated its API * The AgriTech founder who spent $80K building IoT sensors… only to discover farmers wanted spreadsheets **The truth?** Stability isn’t found in job titles or VC checks—it’s forged through *relentless adaptability*. # How I Learned to Build Anti-Fragile Systems Three years ago, I nearly quit after my AI startup burned through $200K for a product users called "a prettier Google Form." My wake-up call came from an unlikely mentor: a Dutch nomad coding on Bali beaches. Pieter Levels taught me: 1. **70% of...