// The Journey

Building in public.
In real time.

Every decision gets documented. Every mistake gets published. Every win gets logged. This is not a highlight reel. This is the actual build.

4Ventures
6Builds logged
1Posts published
// live from the build

// The Log

Newest to oldest.

  1. July 18, 2026PERSONAL

    Built a new website

    Over the past 2 days i decided to put my own personal life out for the world to judge.

    www.davidbirnie.com

  2. July 16, 2026PERSONAL

    Slept in - Still killing it.

    Decided I needed rest after getting up yesterday at 12:45am... man I have a problem...

    Anywho, I still got a lot accomplished vibe coding from my phone! I love how these new workflows are not limited to your desktop!

  3. July 15, 2026PERSONAL

    A morning break?

    This morning I decided to take a 'break'... sort of. Instead of doing work on businesses, I shot a video for 3amCEO. It's an honest look at ... how I got here.

  4. July 14, 2026BUILT

    AscentAi.ca -- The Business Build

    Built some of the core Ai infrastructure on AscentAi.ca today. I think it's turning out pretty well. The problem I kept running into is vibe coding constraints... running out of credits. I hit my limit within about 10-20 minutes each time because I was coding so much backend. I was able to improve productivity by creating .mds with other LLMs and import into Claude Code.

    One step forward is still forward motion.

  5. July 13, 2026PERSONAL

    Productive Morning so far...

    Today was a great morning, super productive... but at 4:25am I hit my code limit... sigh... just when we got things rolling.

    Not much to discuss in terms of development. I have a backend Idea Vault built out, and Skeets started, but honestly this was more organizational and planning phase... which I have learned is more important than the coding phase.

  6. July 12, 2026MILESTONE

    Deployment Success!

    I build my backend CMS to link to my fieldlogs. Now I can update my progress more regularly.

// The Ventures

Business ventures

// SOLD

Initial Care

Health and safety training company. Built from scratch, sold successfully.

2015

// SOLD

Lighting Effects

Permanent outdoor lighting installation. Grew it, sold it.

Sold 2025

// ACTIVE

The Marketing Guru

Software development and web design studio. Clean, functional digital solutions built for a trusted circle of family and friends before the world gets a turn.

Est. 2021

// LIVE

3AM CEO

A live public ledger of the journey. Every decision, every dollar, every build documented in real time.

June 2026

// Follow Along

This log gets updated as things ship.

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