The Bryson Every Day Project

787. GitHub, Fam Christmas Stuff, Testing

Recorded on: Sunday, December 14, 2025, 10:49 PM 
Episode Summary by AI I reflect on working then spending Christmas time with family while Lexi is away and noticing a shift toward responsibility and protector instincts since moving in together. I talk through loneliness at home, mindset changes, and pushing past fear. I share progress setting up GitHub, reconnecting with an old friend who is a software engineer, and plans to make the app cross platform. I explain testing challenges, delayed logic, medals, simulations, focus issues, and continuing steady development.
Notable Quotes From This Episode, by AI • I almost feel a sense of responsibility to man the fuck up and handle this stuff. • I just think and perceive things differently. • I should just raw dog it and while it’s going just sitting in peace and just think and just brainstorm and write notes or whatever.
Funny, Out of Context Quotes, by AI • I started killing spiders with my hands. • What the fuck is wrong with them, but they don’t have an iPhone. • Before anybody starts getting all the stats to find us and kill us all.
My Thoughts & Feelings for Today - Summarized by AI I feel a quiet shift happening in how I see myself and my role. Being alone without Lexi leaves a noticeable void but it also forces me to stand firmer, react faster, and carry myself with more responsibility. I feel grateful for unexpected support, humbled by how much I still do not know, and mentally stretched by building something complex from scratch. I am tired but genuinely excited and locked in.
What I Did Today - Summarized by AI Worked on the app, spent time with family, came home alone, reflected on mindset changes, set up GitHub, reconnected with an old friend, discussed cross platform development, tested app logic, thought through simulations, identified focus issues, continued building and debugging
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Income Today: +$0
Total Income: $37,977

786. Home Screen & Fam Dinner

Recorded on: Sunday, December 13, 2025
Episode Summary by AI I worked late on the app and shipped a new home screen that improves navigation data density and visual clarity. I refined public profiles with task blade completion totals and success and failure rates to support transparent accountability. I see the app less as a revenue play and more as a long term personal brand and credibility engine. I reflected on social media avoidance family dinner Christmas shopping and documented a tragic campus shooting for record keeping.
Notable Quotes From This Episode, by AI • I wanted it to be, which was a public accountability system where you can do things with your friends, you can see people who are using the app and see how well they’re doing. • I see this as a personal brand move. • I can just reference the app, that part of my identity using the app, living the lifestyle of committing to these tasks and trying to push myself.
Funny, Out of Context Quotes, by AI • The fuck I know you guys heard that my chair just snapped backward. • I feel like the likelihood is very slim not impossible but you know. • I just don’t want to open anything and then feel obligated to respond.
My Thoughts & Feelings for Today - Summarized by AI I feel grounded and satisfied with progress even while noticing flaws in navigation and my own habits. I trust iteration over perfection. I see the app aligning with who I want to be rather than just what I want to sell. I am aware of avoidance patterns around social media and communication and I am consciously correcting them. I value documenting reality as it happens even when it is uncomfortable.
What I Did Today - Summarized by AI built app home screen, improved navigation and data views, designed public accountability metrics, reflected on long term branding, avoided and then reengaged with social messages, attended family dinner, celebrated an aunt’s birthday, did Christmas shopping, documented a tragic news event
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Income Today: +$0
Total Income: $37,977

785. App Dev Account, Redesign, Blade Lifestyle

Recorded on: Friday, December 12, 2025, 10:06 PM
Episode Summary by AI I reflect on recording late versus early and why end of day captures reality better. I describe finishing core app frameworks and entering tedious testing using multiple devices. I explain major UI changes with a hamburger menu and no fixed homepage. I outline tasks blades and challenges daily weekly monthly. I emphasize commitment accountability team failure mechanics public visibility stats social features and long term culture over profit. I plan to stabilize ship launch to the App Store and gather feedback.
Notable Quotes From This Episode, by AI • I made a commitment I have to finish it if I dont then I guess Im fucked • The type of people that are going to be using this are the are my kind of people • The idea isnt money the focus is creating a culture of this type of lifestyle
Funny, Out of Context Quotes, by AI • That sounds arrogant as fuck but it is what it is • Its just tedious as shit • What the fuck just happened
My Thoughts & Feelings for Today Summarized by AI I feel deep momentum and frustration at the same time. The vision is clear and the system works but the polish phase is mentally draining. I trust the idea enough to push through the tedious parts. I care more about building something real with the right people than optimizing for comfort or mass appeal. I am confident this is something I would personally use and stand behind.
What I Did Today Summarized by AI tested app features across devices, refactored navigation into hamburger menu, validated tasks blades and challenges logic, reviewed stats and records accuracy, planned future categories and tags, evaluated team accountability mechanics, outlined App Store launch steps, documented feature ideas and UI fixes
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Income Today: +$288
Total Income: $37,977

784. Positive Feedback, Feeling Good, Testing Lots

Recorded on: Friday, December 11 2025, 7:03 PM
Episode Summary by AI
I talk through a rushed date night while picking up food, owning mistakes in a hard conversation with Lexi about communication and follow through. I reflect on character gaps and discipline while building a self improvement app. A longtime friend who is a software engineer offers free help. The app gains early interest and feedback from testers. Development is progressing with bug discovery, feature ideas, and growing confidence.
Notable Quotes From This Episode, by AI
I had to admit that I was wrong and that I was I did some shitty pussy things and I could have done better, could have communicated better.
The fact that I avoided it just unfortunately says a lot about my current, the current state of my character, and I need to improve that.
I have the vision. It’s crystal clear in my head.
Funny, Out of Context Quotes, by AI
Fuck, I almost hit that garbage can. Great. Wow.
You want to hear it again? Yeah. That’s my turn signal.
Never podcasting driver.
My Thoughts & Feelings for Today - Summarized by AI
I feel exposed but grounded. I know I avoided discomfort and I owned it. That stings, but it matters. I am frustrated by how clear the vision is in my head and how hard it is to translate it into words. Still, I feel validated by outside interest in the app and supported by people who believe in what I am building. Progress feels real.
What I Did Today - Summarized by AI
Worked on the app all day, fixed bugs across multiple test accounts, had a difficult relationship conversation, got external validation and feedback, connected with a software engineer friend, posted about the app, planned a date night, picked up food
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Income Today: +$0
Total Income: $37,689

783. Debugging, Testing, Made a Post, Zoom Call

Recorded on: Wednesday, December 10, 2025, 08:34 PM
Episode Summary by AI I describe another late recording after a full day building and debugging the Blade app. I detail using voice memos to draft prompts for Cursor, hitting heavy Supabase egress usage, deleting large datasets with AI assistance, testing stats and medal logic, breaking and fixing the app in real time, and refining task calculations. I reflect on 75 Hard’s impact on my current work and how Blade mirrors that structure. I outline ideas for required categories, future users, monetization, referrals, and ongoing app validation.
Notable Quotes From This Episode, by AI • I want people to honor themselves honor their word keep their word but honor themselves • Everything that I'm doing now was born and sprouted from the roots of 75 hard • If I could just recreate that but tailor it to specific areas of my life and apply the same intensity of 75 hard to these other areas of life I want to do that
Funny, Out of Context Quotes, by AI • Could you say that as a slur Someone is being query • I think someone's in my house because I keep hearing noises that's excellent • Thank goodness for people who got here huh
My Thoughts & Feelings for Today - Summarized by AI I came across as wired in, overstimulated, and deeply absorbed in the build cycle. I’m aware of my own delays with the podcast but accept them. My mind is locked onto debugging, refining logic, and understanding every moving part of the system. There is clear pride, frustration, and momentum all at once, and a sense that Blade is becoming both a personal project and a larger mission. I recognize how much this work ties back to discipline frameworks that shaped me.
What I Did Today - Summarized by AI Built and debugged Blade, generated prompts, analyzed Supabase egress, deleted massive datasets, validated stats and medal logic, broke and fixed the simulator, tested UI flows, created backups, reviewed errors, posted for beta testers, had a Zoom call with Mina, got a haircut.
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Income Today: +$0
Total Income: $37,689

782. Stats & Medals Galore

Recorded on: Tuesday, December 09, 2025, 10:04 PM
Episode Summary by AI I spoke about using voice memos as a thinking tool to generate detailed prompts for Cursor through ChatGPT which lets me build the Blade app faster and with far clearer structure. I caught up on fourteen overdue podcast uploads which took hours. I reviewed my first year of income which is nearing forty thousand. I fixed a major missing file issue in the app which unlocked more than two hundred tracked metrics and let me simulate medals. I spent the rest of the day refining emblems, medals and the progression system.
Notable Quotes From This Episode, by AI • It is actually almost like if I'm not working here at my laptop or at my desk or whatever, I will just take my phone with me and I will just talk to it. • The cooler the emblem the more the more that is going on with the emblem the more things you need to do to achieve it. • Even if nobody ever downs this app ever some of these emblems I want to be able to flaunt off.
Funny, Out of Context Quotes, by AI • Think about trying to bake a cake in the oven, but there is no cake in the pan. • It was as if there was a hologram in the oven. • What do you need You want my money Okay cool.
My Thoughts & Feelings for Today - Summarized by AI Ifelt the strain of the backlog but also the relief of clearing it. I felt the grind of development but also the rush from fixing something that had me stuck. I felt validated watching the medal system come to life. I saw how much better my workflow gets when I let myself think out loud and let AI structure it. The momentum feels real and I want to keep pushing.
What I Did Today - Summarized by AI Recorded voice memos, generated structured prompts, cleared fourteen podcast uploads, reviewed yearly revenue, fixed missing app files, unlocked the full stats system, simulated medals, created and saved emblem designs, refined the medal progression system.
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Income Today: +$0
Total Income: $37,689

781. Leveraging AI With AI, Team Blades, Medals, Zoom Call

Recorded on: Monday, December 08, 2025, 09:23 PM
Episode Summary by AI I describe how I record long voice notes to outline functions for my app then transcribe them and feed them into AI to generate structured prompts for Cursor. I explain how this method speeds up thinking and planning. I detail progress on blades collaboration tasks stats polishing and preparing the app for testers. I talk about waking up early increased productivity long focused work sessions and my drive to ship the app and refine medals social features and overall UX.
Notable Quotes From This Episode, by AI • “Leveraging AI with AI to build me stuff.” • “I woke up at 4.30 and I pretty much just worked 8 straight hours.” • “I’ve never been more excited about a project.”
Funny, Out of Context Quotes, by AI • “Take a shit whatever.” • “Are you going up at 430.” • “I don’t know what you want to call it.”
My Thoughts & Feelings for Today - Summarized by AI I feel locked in and sharp today. The workflow of talking out loud then pushing everything through AI into Cursor is the cleanest way I’ve found to translate the chaos in my head into actual product features. I feel momentum and clarity. Waking up early gave me a mental edge and I fed that into long deep work. I’m restless to get this thing out in real users’ hands but still focused on building it right.
What I Did Today - Summarized by AI Recorded voice memos, transcribed them, generated structured prompts, fed prompts into Cursor, advanced blades collaboration, checked task and stat logic, refined notifications and messaging, reviewed UI issues, planned medals system, worked from 430 a.m. to the evening, prepped podcast upload.
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Income Today: +$510
Total Income: $37,689

780. Competitors, Differentiators, Social Aspect

Recorded on: Sunday, December 07, 2025
Episode Summary by AI I talk through catching up on nearly two weeks of missed uploads, my expanded monitor setup that finally works smoothly, and a productive day building out major chunks of the app including team blades and social features. I explore a competitor app called Life Reset, break down its structure, pricing, and differences, and process the brief hopelessness that comes from seeing someone already succeed. Later I discover Andy Frisella’s new Operator Standard platform which mirrors much of what I am building, triggering another round of comparison before reaffirming that my project still stands on its own path.
Notable Quotes From This Episode, by AI • “It has become just an everyday thing for me or an everyday part of life for me.” • “I made it because I had a really bad habits that used to ruin my life so I made an app which gives me a system to build disciplines.” • “I just think the timing on this is crazy.”
Funny, Out of Context Quotes, by AI • “Susie, Chris, and Bob John. I don’t know, who gives a fuck dude?” • “What are they, anime symbols or some Yu Gi Oh stuff.” • “Did I just buy it what the fuck just happened.”
My Thoughts and Feelings for Today - Summarized by AI I caught myself oscillating between confidence and brief doubt as I compared my work to other apps in the space. Seeing a competitor with traction always punches for a moment, but walking through how they actually operate reminded me that what I am building is different and still worth pursuing. Andy dropping a full platform the same moment I am deep in development is wild timing, but it doesn’t change what I am doing or why. My project still matters to me and I’m pushing it forward.
What I Did Today - Summarized by AI worked on my app, fixed a major bug, set up my vertical monitor, organized a six screen workflow, explored the Life Reset app, analyzed its pricing and features, downloaded and tested it, reviewed user feedback, continued refining team blade and social concepts, discovered Andy Frisella’s Operator Standard platform, compared it to my work, messaged Andrew about the blade idea
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Income Today: +$0
Total Income: $37,179

779. Double Operation, Vertical Monitor, Update On Dev

Recorded on: Saturday, December 06, 2025
Episode Summary by AI I talk through a long gap in uploads and the friction of needing to publish fourteen episodes at once. I reflect on Spotify wrapped confusion and the odd metrics Podbean gives me. Most of the episode centers on deep development progress for the Blade app including programs, commitments, tasks, medals, social features, debugging, UI progress, and long term vision. I explain my monitor setup problems, docking station issues, the move to a vertical second display, and running Blade and FitBiz development in parallel.
Notable Quotes From This Episode, by AI • I really enjoy coming up with ways to differentiate this app from normal habit track route. • I think it’ll be really cool. • Exactly what was in my head is now created in real life.
Funny, Out of Context Quotes, by AI • Bed P P the bed pee pee. Nice. • Eat my asshole. • I just raw dog with my laptop.
My Thoughts & Feelings for Today - Summarized by AI I feel stretched between excitement and overwhelm. The gap in uploads annoys me but I also like the break. My brain is locked onto building this app because it finally feels real and the pieces are clicking. The social features, the tiles, the commitments, the whole Blade environment is starting to match the picture I’ve had in my head for months. That rush keeps pulling me forward. At the same time I’m frustrated by small tech hassles, monitors, cables, and the grind of repetitive tasks. But the momentum is real and I’m seeing the path.
What I Did Today - Summarized by AI Worked on Blade social features, debugged Xcode errors, brainstormed Blade programs, refined commitment logic, reviewed Spotify metrics, tested stats tab, designed medals and code redemption ideas, evaluated monitor setup, reorganized workspace, planned parallel development for FitBiz and Blade, ran builds and corrected missing files, documented development decisions.
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Income Today: +$0
Total Income: $37,179

778. Testing Before Moving On, The App I Need(ed), No Uploads Lol

Recorded on: Friday, December 05, 2025
Episode Summary by AI I record another episode without uploading any of the backlog and reflect on why the podcast exists as documented proof of my thinking while I build this app. I talk through my progress fixing bugs, refining logic, adding fonts, testing features and preparing future systems like medals and social components. I think about identity, discipline and the audience this app will attract and mention how tedious testing will be before building more. I end the day preparing for date night.
Notable Quotes From This Episode, by AI • I really envy people who can speak so fluidly and say exactly what is on their mind. • There needs to be something that happens when you complete a task. There needs to be something that happens when you forget. That needs to be something that happens when you fail. • I do believe within my heart that this will be a core component or a core reason why this succeeds.
Funny, Out of Context Quotes, by AI • Who gives a fuck dude. • Bob's candle. I don't know. • Get the fuck out of here dude.
My Thoughts & Feelings for Today - Summarized by AI I feel locked in on what I am building and fully aware of how much work is ahead, but I am steady and methodical right now. I know the podcast helps me think. I know this app has real weight to it. I can sense the scale of what I am creating and I am not intimidated by the workload. I am more focused than impressed and more deliberate than excited.
What I Did Today - Summarized by AI Worked on the app, fixed bugs, tested features, refined logic, reviewed fonts, thought through medals and ranks, checked listener stats, prepared for date night.
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Income Today: +$320
Total Income: $37,179