I do not need a conventional path to know what I can build. I learn by getting inside the system, pushing past the first working version, and refusing to put my name on behavior I cannot explain. Curiosity got me here. Ownership is what keeps me moving.
I have never been satisfied with only using a system from the outside. If something catches my attention, I want to understand the moving parts, the boundary conditions, the failure modes and the reason it works at all.
That is how I build now: get close to the real behavior, remove the fiction, test the assumptions and keep refining until the result can stand on its own.
I use AI aggressively because speed matters. I can move from an idea to architecture, implementation, testing and refinement faster than I could alone. But speed without judgment is just noise. I challenge the output, test the behavior, inspect the failures and decide what earns its place in the system.
“I don't care who typed the line. I care whether I can explain it, test it, own it, and make it survive reality.”CHRISTIAN CHIBA / BUILD STANDARD