Kelly Kampen 

Kelly here. Tech timeline: Internet pioneer ('94) → Startup founder (multiple) → Product director → Team lead → Burnt out exec → Wait, let me try coding → Solo dev. Yes, I went backwards. No, I don't regret it.

Remember ICQ numbers? Had one. Hotmail beta? Was there. That weird period when everyone had a MySpace? Guilty. I've seen every "revolutionary" framework rise and fall, every "Uber but for X" pitch deck, and enough pivot meetings to cause PTSD. The only thing I hadn't done? Write the actual code.

I have always been fairly technical, just not a developer, but it turns out being non-developer for decades makes you a weird developer. I build features like someone who's been in a thousand feature request meetings (because I have). I debug like someone who's been on the receiving end of vague bug reports (also true). I write documentation like someone who actually wants it to be useful (revolutionary, I know).

Currently in Thailand, shipping code, building Dojo (stealth) and other Tiny saas products. Enjoying the plot twist where the PM became the developer.