My son graduated CS summa cum laude. Top of his class. He's brilliant — and he's already been making money selling software while still in school.
I've been writing code since before he was born. Between the two of us, we have every reason to succeed and zero excuses not to.
Right now, neither of us has a steady paycheck.
So here's what we're doing instead of waiting for someone to hire us.
80 days. Build real software. Sell it. Make a living or go broke trying.
Phileas Fogg bet he could go around the world in 80 days and everyone laughed. We're making our own version of that bet — father vs son, shipping every day, tracking every dollar. This isn't a side project or a learning exercise. This is our income. There's no plan B.
Day 1 is today. I already shipped something before he woke up. He says he'll catch up. (Posted with his full permission.)
We're using AI for everything we can — not because it's cool, but because we don't have a team, we don't have funding, and we don't have time to waste. It's just us and whatever tools we can get our hands on.
Where we're starting
Him — 3D Mage: Fresh CS grad. Already making money — his Blender add-on Figaro has hundreds of sales on Superhive, Gumroad, and itch.io. Runs a YouTube channel. He's ahead before we even start.
Me — Return of the Coder: Decades of experience. Built Chess Master Pro, FingerPaint, Quill. Revenue so far: $0. That changes today.
Day 1: Env Sync Checker
Env Sync Checker — free VS Code extension. Compares your .env files, finds missing keys, fixes them in one click.
22KB. 739 tests. No telemetry. Designed, built, and tested today using AI-assisted development. Install it.
This one's free — building the install base. The paid tools are coming.
Scoreboard
We're tracking products, quality, and revenue. Not who ships the most junk — who builds things people actually pay for.
| Me | Him | |
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Env Sync Checker | — |
| Products | 1 | 0 |
| Revenue | $0 | $0 |
79 to go.
Day 2 tomorrow. Follow the series to see if we make it.
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