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Discipline-first tools for self-directed people. Built between 12-hour shifts, with no prior coding experience, by someone who needed them to actually exist.

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Vol. 01 · 2026

Field Notes from
the build.

I'm a wastewater operator who works 12-hour rotating shifts. I have ADHD. I had no coding experience. I started using AI to build a tool that would keep my investing decisions organized — and it worked.

The first tool is SolWorks. Before I buy anything, I write down why. I set my exit prices before the price moves so I'm not making decisions under pressure. SolWorks is the system that makes me do it every time.

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The work
SolWorks
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An investing system for people who know what they should do and still don't do it.

Most investing tools assume you already have your head straight. You pick something, you set an alert, you wait. But if you've ever panic-sold at the bottom, or held something way too long because you didn't want to admit it wasn't working, the tool didn't fail you — you just didn't have a plan that was written down before things got emotional.

SolWorks is what I use to make sure my plan survives my worst days. Before I buy anything, I write down why. Before the price moves, I decide where I'm selling. When I almost make a bad decision and don't, I log that too. It's not complicated — it just has to happen every time, not just when I'm feeling sharp.

  • Write it before you buy No reason written down, no position. Forces you to actually think it through.
  • Set your exits in advance You decide where you're selling before the price moves. Not in the moment.
  • Log your reasons Every position has a written explanation. You review it on a schedule.
  • Your own price alerts Set them once, they fire when they should. You don't have to remember to check.

Works for crypto and stocks. Built for one person first — me. I'm making it available because it worked.

01SolWorks · v5
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SolWorks
In action.
Four steps · Click through
9:41
New position
Why are you buying this?
Asset
MON · Monad
Thesis
L1 with parallel EVM — undervalued at current mcap. Nov unlock risk noted.
Invalidation
When would you be wrong?
No reason saved = no position opened
Step 01
The thesis gate
Before anything is bought, SolWorks requires a written reason — not a ticker and a hope, but an actual thesis and the condition that would prove you wrong.
"No reason written down, no position. Forces you to actually think it through."
9:44
MON · Exit plan
Set your exits before you buy
Tranche 1
$0.032
Sell 40%
Tranche 2
$0.048
Sell 35%
Tranche 3
$0.072
Sell 25%
Stop loss
$0.019 · —40% from entry
Step 02
Position entry
Exit prices are locked in before the market moves — not in the moment when emotion takes over. Three tranches mean you're never all-in or all-out at once.
"You decide where you're selling before the price moves. Not in the moment."
2:55
Alert fired
⚡ Tranche 1 triggered
MON crossed your target
$0.0322
Target $0.0320 · Sell 40% of position
Coinbase interval high confirmed
T1 triggered
18,600 MON
Done
T2 armed
$0.048
Watching
T3 armed
$0.072
Watching
Step 03
Tranche exit
When price hits a target, SolWorks fires the alert. The plan written before the market moved is the plan that executes — not a snap decision at 2am between shifts.
"When I almost make a bad decision and don't, I log that too."
6:10
Discipline log
Aug 24, 2026 · 14:45
MON T1 exit · 18,600 MON @ $0.032 · $591.63 net. Plan held.
Exit · Tranche 1
Aug 24, 2026 · 08:12
Almost bought more MON on impulse. Checked thesis. No action taken.
Held · Good discipline
Aug 10, 2026 · 17:30
TAO thesis reviewed. ETF decision delayed — conviction still holds. Holding.
Review · No change
Step 04
Discipline log
Every decision is recorded — the exits, the holds, the near-misses. The log is proof the system is working. Pattern over time, not just one good trade.
"It runs on days when I can't. That's the whole point."
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The thesis
Philosophy
Vol. 01 / 2026
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Everyone's worried AI is going to take something away. My experience has been the opposite — it gave me something back.

I started with one idea: build a program that tells me when to buy and when to sell. That was it. But what happened while I was building it was that I started actually understanding what I was doing. The AI didn't hand me a finished thing. It walked me through building it, and I learned along the way. I went from zero coding experience to shipping something real.

That changed what I thought was possible. Not just for investing — for everything.

If your brain makes it hard to stay organized, or if you've always felt like the advice out there was written for someone else — AI is one of the most useful things you can get your hands on right now. Not because it does everything for you. Because it meets you where you are and helps you build something that actually fits how you think.

Autodidact Innovations is what comes out of that. SolWorks is the first tool. More are coming — and I'd rather figure out what to build next with the people using this than plan it alone. If you have an idea, reach out.

This is just a system. But it's a system that works — built by someone who really needed one.

I have ADHD — the kind where you know exactly what you should be doing and still can't make yourself do it. For a long time I thought that was a character flaw. I tried harder. It didn't work.

Debt piled up because ignoring calls was easier than figuring out what to do about them. I chased higher-paying jobs thinking money would solve the problem. It didn't — because the problem was never the money. I just didn't have any system around me that could hold the things my brain kept dropping.

I work as a wastewater treatment operator. Twelve-hour rotating shifts. It's not glamorous, but it's a public employer and the benefits are real. On my days off, I started building with AI — not because I had a grand plan, but because I was tired of watching my investments get wrecked every time I made a decision based on how I felt that day instead of what I'd already decided.

SolWorks came out of that. Before I buy anything now, I write down why. I set my sell prices before the market moves, so I'm not making it up under pressure. I log when I almost did something dumb and didn't. It's not a complicated system. But it runs on days when I can't, and that's the whole point.

I had no coding experience when I started. I built everything you see here with AI. If you're in a similar spot — working a job that isn't your whole life, trying to build something on the side, ADHD or not — that's who this is for.

I'm not chasing the highest-paying job anymore. I'm building something that earns a living and actually feels like one.

Currently
The log.
Updated June 27, 2026
June 27, 2026
Added DeFi Resources — four free tools: plain-English crypto curriculum, impermanent loss calculator, token unlock tracker (preloaded with MON/ARB/OP), and position sizing with tranche entry logic. v1.6.
Release
May 20, 2026
Added a plain-English grounding line up top — what this is, in practice. First-time visitors shouldn't have to scroll to get it. v1.5.
Clarity
May 20, 2026
SolWorks language sharpened — it holds your discipline, it doesn't give advice. Disclaimer added. v1.4.
Clarity
May 20, 2026
Logo moved to editorial flag treatment. Dual numbering simplified — Romans only. Right gutter rebalanced. v1.3.
Polish
May 18, 2026
Site redesigned. Editorial layout, refined cosmic palette, new typography. Voice rewritten in plain English. v1.2.
Release
April 30, 2026
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Launch
Active
SolWorks v5 — discipline-first portfolio system. Three-tranche sell logic, thesis-gated entries, conviction notes.
Build
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Notes from the build.

I write about what I'm building, what's working, and what broke. AI workflows, investing decisions, stuff I figured out the hard way. If you're trying to build something on the side while holding down a real job — or you just want to see how someone with ADHD and no coding background built all of this — subscribe.

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