On "I built an AI Tamagotchi before Meta could"

The real move here isn't building an AI Tamagotchi before Meta launched theirs—it's recognizing that Meta's hardware play depends entirely on the novelty wearing off before the actual utility question kicks in. Once people stop finding it cute to feed their digital pet and start asking what it actually does better than their phone, the Charm becomes a $199 paperweight, which is probably why the author built their own first. The practitioner lesson isn't about racing to build hardware; it's that AI attachment devices only stick around if they solve a real problem that existing devices don't, and cute factor alone doesn't bridge that gap. Skip the charm race and focus on what the underlying AI actually needs to do.