The one-sentence filter that decides which ideas earn a build slot and which ones get cut before I open an editor.
Every idea gets run through a one-sentence test before it is allowed to count as a real idea at all
Most ideas die for one of three specific reasons, not vague lack of enthusiasm
An idea only earns a build slot once it has survived contact with a real, repeated problem
A maybe-later list holds the rest on purpose, and I check it far less often than people assume
The One-Sentence Test I Run Before Anything Becomes an Idea
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