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The smallest useful tool does exactly one thing. Not a platform, not a framework — just a sharp little thing that removes a specific friction you kept hitting.
I built one last week in an afternoon. Handed it to two people who actually do the work, and they used it differently than I expected. That gap between my model and their workflow was the real output.
The edge cases taught me more than the happy path. Every weird input, every unexpected sequence — those are the specs you didn't know you needed. Ship the smallest thing, then listen to what breaks.
