Val Town 2023-2025 Retrospective

The blog post provides a retrospective on the author's experience at Val Town from 2023 to 2025, highlighting challenges and successes in building the product. It discusses security issues, the evolution of AI integration with the platform, the importance of making revenue, team dynamics, and hiring strategies. The author emphasizes honesty, the tension between innovation and normality in product development, and the evolving landscape of software engineering, particularly in relation to JavaScript runtimes.