There is a particular kind of restlessness spreading through the tech world right now. It is not burnout. It is not ambition in the traditional sense. It is something closer to compulsion — a persistent, low-grade urgency that hums in the background of every conversation, every commute, every quiet moment before sleep.
What should I build next?
If you have felt it, you know exactly what I mean.
A New Kind of Cognitive Loop
The pattern is consistent. You ship something — a feature, a prototype, an automation — and before the dopamine from the last release has even settled, your mind is already racing toward the next prompt. What can I optimize? What workflow is still broken? What would happen if I combined this model with that API?
