This episode is me processing wedding planning in real time — the stress, the last-minute cancellations, the RSVP chaos, and the weird feeling of watching relationships show you exactly where they stand. I also get into why planning a wedding made me finally understand why people hate wedding crashers.

00:00 — Wedding Planning Stress Four Weeks Out

03:50 — People Canceling at the Last Minute

04:27 — The Final RSVP Push

05:53 — Why We Added Wedding Website Terms

09:00 — Watching a Friendship Fall Apart

14:22 — Apple Developer Approval, AI, and New App Ideas

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I’ve been using AI for years to get the chaos in my head into words other people can actually understand. It helped me feel more confident as a developer, especially with ADHD and years of feeling like I didn’t “speak the language.” But now that the industry is pushing AI everywhere, I’m realizing the same tool that helped me keep up might also be disconnecting me from the code I’m responsible for.

00:00 — How AI Became a Blessing and a Curse

02:50 — Learning Code Through Mind Maps, Not Textbook Terms

06:36 — Imposter Syndrome, ADHD, and Finding Web Development

11:43 — Why Developer Experience Became Personal

14:49 — Using AI to Translate My Thoughts

18:24 — The 2 A.M. Test for Code Quality

20:15 — Vibe Coding, Metrics, and Losing Context

24:00 — Building My Own App Without Losing the Fundamentals

29:33 — Loving AI, Hating What We’re Doing With It

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In this episode, I'm walking you through what it actually feels like to stop shrinking — and start saying exactly what you want for the first time in your life.

We talk about the moment I realized my inner critic might literally be my dad, why asking people to show up for me felt like I was saying I wasn't worth it, and the strange, uncomfortable, emotional courthouse moment that cracked everything open.

If you've ever felt like you were "being difficult" just for having standards — this one's for you.

00:00 — Welcome to Karim's Dream

00:16 — Wedding planning is forcing me to answer a question I've avoided my whole life

01:15 — The save-the-dates and what I learned from the housewarming

03:07 — Why I gave people "an out" — and what I found out about them

05:38 — My dad, money, and the scarcity mindset I inherited

06:51 — The courthouse moment that made it real

08:18 — My wife turned my world upside down (in a good way)

12:10 — Why asking people to spend money on me felt impossible

15:41 — The cousin who told me to shut up and trust the process

19:43 — My dad and the Men's Warehouse conversation

21:27 — The moment I realized my inner voice isn't mine

24:29 — Why I go zero to 100

26:25 — Coming out of your shell while still being soft

27:35 — What I think "old Karim" is going to look like

28:19 — The question I'm leaving with you

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