The Space Between Idea and Action
Most of us don’t lack ideas.
We know what we want:
- reliable backups
- clean automation
- a working mail relay
- a Hugo site and content pipeline that feels effortless
What often gets in the way is friction — the small details that slow progress: syntax, config quirks, edge cases.
That gap is where projects stall.
Momentum as a Tool
What surprised me about ChatGPT wasn’t that it could write code.
It’s that it helped me act.
Instead of spending hours digging through man pages and old forum threads, I could stay in flow:
Ask → test → adjust → ship.
Backups became real.
Mail delivery worked.
Infrastructure and publishing moved forward.
A Bridge, Not a Replacement
It doesn’t replace understanding — you still have to think and own the system.
But it narrows the distance between:
“I know what I want” and “It’s running, automated, and maintainable.”
In the end, the backup system wasn’t the point. The point was realising how much more is possible when the barrier to action drops.