After 34 Dev.to Posts: What My "Second Brain" Project Really Taught Me About Failure

After 34 Dev.to Posts: What My "Second Brain" Project Really Taught Me About Failure You know that moment when you look at your GitHub stars and realize you've spent 1,847 hours on a project with only 6 stars? Yeah, that's me staring at Papers right now. After writing 34 articles about this thing, I think it's time for some brutal honesty. The Dream That Became a Nightmare Let me take you back to 2024. I had this brilliant idea: "I'll build a personal knowledge base that uses AI to organize all