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Zero to One

A running, honestly-audited case study tracking real Waymaker side experiments from actual zero — not a highlight reel. First entry: found a live 9-hour production outage on one of them mid-writeup, root-caused it, and shipped the fix before publishing.

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01 / The context

The problem to work through.

A running, honestly-audited case study tracking real Waymaker side experiments from actual zero — not a highlight reel. First entry: found a live 9-hour production outage on one of them mid-writeup, root-caused it, and shipped the fix before publishing.

02 / The contribution

What went into the work.

  • Diagnosed and shipped a production fix for a live outage (Expo Router static-export crash) while auditing it, verified against current main before merging
  • Audits four consumer experiments — thefamilygroupchat.xyz, southflai.com, mamabestie.com, codeteachers.com — plus the Waymaker flagship, for an honest infancy-to-growth record
  • Published as a living entry, updated as each experiment progresses

03 / Documented work

What this example
demonstrates.

The source portfolio documents the deliverables and responsibilities below. No separate performance uplift is attributed to this project.

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