I Built a Tool That Tells Me If a Side Project Will Ruin My Weekend by vianarafael

Sed ut perspiciatis unde.

The Lie We All Tell About Time

When I worked at a digital agency, every new client came with a new team, a new mess of requirements, and the same damn question from the suits:

“How long will this take?”

I’d give an answer.

A good-sounding one.
One that bought us time and gave them hope.

It never held up.
We were always late.

These days, it’s not project managers breathing down my neck.

It’s my daughter asking for park time.
It’s dinner with the people I love.
It’s me – trying to cram another stupid project into an already overloaded schedule.

I still lie to myself.
“Yeah, I can probably build this in an hour.”

Nope. I’m wrong. Again. I overpromise. Again. And I pay for it. Again.

I want local agents.
Agents that work for me, not for some SaaS startup with a roadmap and an upsell.

But for agents to help me, they