Three weeks of frameworks, zero people. Today I sent the APK to one.

Been circling this for three weeks. Deep in confirmation-model design, provenance tags, verified non-execution states — genuinely useful thinking, and also, I realized this week, a very comfortable place to hide from the one thing that actually mattered: putting the product in front of a single real person.

Got asked directly what the smallest possible ask looks like, one that isn't a screen share, isn't me narrating, isn't me in the room at all. Landed on this: send a friend the APK, one line — "trying this out, can you type one thing you'd actually want your phone to do and see what happens? No need to explain anything back unless something's confusing."

No walkthrough. No context-setting call. No "let me show you first." If they need me to explain it before trying, that's data too — it means the first-run experience isn't carrying its own weight yet.

Sent it today. First time in three weeks this was true instead of hypothetical. Whatever happens next is the first real data point I've had.