A few months ago I started building a small tool on Solana. Nothing crazy. Just something that lets you: create a token attach metadata add liquidity and actually use it That was the idea. Keep it simple. The Plan Was Pretty Straightforward I didn’t want to build another “platform”. No custody. No custom smart contracts I fully control. Just an interface that prepares transactions and lets users sign everything in their wallet. Basically: backend prepares → wallet signs → chain executes In my head, that felt clean and simple. The First Reality Check The blockchain part wasn’t the hard part. Creating a token? fine Sending a transaction? fine The problems started when everything had to work together. Everything Around the Chain Is… Messy You don’t just “create a token”.…