I just got my impacted wisdom tooth removed
So yeah, that's where I'm at. It's Day 3 of recovery. I'm on a soft-food diet, my jaw is still tender, and I'm typing this while nursing a cup of iced coffee. Feels like a good time to catch up.
I've been mostly offline on this blog since April. Not because I vanished — I just fell into a rabbit hole.
It started with a simple itch: I wanted a better way to log my days. I was using Obsidian and Google Keep — solid tools, but they never felt like mine. I wanted something that felt like a chat, something that nudged me daily, something that held me to the question: What did you actually do today?
So I built it. I called it daylog.
And then I couldn't stop. For two months straight, I vibecoded my way through late nights, token limits, and heat waves. I added a meadow, a duck, a memory layer, a theme engine. I shared it with friends and workmates; they found bugs; I fixed them; I built more.
It was exhilarating. It was also, I'll admit, a little escapist. There was some turbulence at work — restructures, layoffs — and building something from scratch gave me a sense of control. Each new feature felt like a small win.
By the end of May, I had built:
- daylog — my daily logging companion
- beesync — a tiny kanban board with time tracking for small teams
- A full-stack tracker system for my team
- A POS tool for my wife's side hustle
I was shipping weekly. I was also sleeping at 6 AM, running on B-complex and magnesium, and asking myself: Is this going anywhere? Will it pay off?
Honestly? I still don't have a clear answer.
And after all that...
Around mid-June, I made a decision: I let go of daylog.
Not because it failed (altho it was truly just too much) — because I found something better.
I built Arcnotia, a knowledge council system that works through a simple file bridge. No complex UI. No weekly overhauls. It just reads my notes and helps me think.
I kinda miss the animated fox in the meadow tho.
It's leaner, simpler, and more aligned with how I actually work. Sometimes the best move is to stop adding features and start stripping them away.
Letting go of daylog felt like closure. I'm not abandoning it — it evolved.
Meanwhile, my wisdom tooth had other plans. I'd been putting it off for months, but it finally had to come out. I got it extracted on June 16 — impacted, the whole deal.
Arcnotia has been really helpful on helping me manage my meds and nutrition.
(It works as a note-taking tool that's just a sidebar to your browser. TLDR; you can use it to share specific notes with your AI chat of choice, and even employ a chat to be your assistant for the day and just sync it all later when the day ends etc.)
The first 24 hours were cold compresses, painkillers, and a "macro-sludge" I invented: eggs, banana, yogurt, moringa, blended smooth. It sounds grim, but it actually tasted okay. Day 2, today, back to work.
What I learned?
This past three months taught me a few things:
Sleep is non-negotiable. I learned that the hard way. My sleep log is a graveyard of 5 AM bedtimes and 3 PM wake-ups. The surgery forced a reset.
Letting go is productive. I spent two months on daylog. Now I'm building something simpler. That's progress.
Money follows leverage. I'm still figuring out how, but I'm closer than I was in April.
What's Next
I'm thinking of putting Arcnotia on Gumroad — a downloadable system, pre-configured, ready to use. If people can skip the two months of building and jump straight to leverage, that might be worth something.
And I'm going to write more. Not just code. Actual words.
Maybe.
My jaw is still sore. I can't eat solid food yet.