Idea backlog & screening

TL;DR — The forcing questions every idea must answer before it earns time, plus the anti-patterns to avoid. Keeps the catalog honest. (Demo content.)

Screening frame (answer for each new idea)

1. Who feels this pain today, and how do I know?
2. What do they use now, and why isn't it enough?
3. Wedge — the smallest thing I could ship in two weeks.
4. Fit — can I build it solo, alongside the day job?
5. Proof — what result would tell me to keep going (or stop)?

Anti-patterns

• Building a second thing before the first has users.
• "It'd be cool if…" with no one waiting for it.
• Competing on price in a category owned by free, funded incumbents.

Verdicts

Record each screened idea as ❌ (no), 🟡 (maybe later), or ✅ (build) in ideas/README.md. A clean "no" is the most valuable outcome.