Back when the NFT craze was hitting its peak, a friend and I went all in on creating a collection—10,000 pug-themed pieces. We spent weeks designing each one, tweaking traits, debating rarity distributions. The whole process? Honestly, it was a blast.

But by the time we finished, the market had already started cooling off. We never ended up launching them. Timing's everything in this space, I guess. Still, no regrets. Building something from scratch taught us more about the NFT ecosystem than any guide could've. Sometimes the journey matters more than the mint.