Hit a wall early in the week. Recovered, reset, and came back stronger. Got key normalization logic done and restructured pipeline internals.

This week tested my limits. Between illness at home and constant interruptions, I barely moved. But I showed up. The pipeline is forming. And the discipline is rock solid.

Spent the week learning AI integration in Langchain4j, tuning prompts, and building the ingestion pipeline. Real progress after tough weeks.

Personal stress, broken sleep, and a major refactor stalled execution, but I still showed up. Published my Builder Manifesto and got another pre-sale.

Recipe details screen and cooking mode are now live. This week I pivoted to building the recipe ingestion pipeline to unlock scalable growth.

Finalized recipe backend and image hosting, but got sidetracked by comics and social media. Time to go heads-down and get the core product ready.

Launched Menuvivo pre-sale, closed 3 first orders (one from a stranger), and pushed the recipe system integration live. Fear faced, market validated, mission alive.

Finalized recipe filtering, built a new RecipeService from scratch, and now getting ready to launch Menuvivo’s first ever pre-sale for Polish users.

Finished the Redux migration for inventory, kicked off recipe filtering logic, and recharged during a weekend spa retreat while still making progress.

A focused execution sprint filled with backend breakthroughs, frontend polish, public launch, and the first wave of user feedback.

A candid look at how I went from burned-out developer to SaaS founder — through false starts, pivots, and the decision to build Menuvivo.

I built the foundation of Menuvivo’s UI and infrastructure in just one week, simulating key flows and laying reusable deployment pipelines.