ITGI Origins Series: Episode 2 Building Alone: Where Every Decision Lands on One Person The office was silent. The only sound was the hum of a tired laptop. It was late at night, or early in the morning, depending on how you see it. I was trying to get the latest iteration of our system live. For a moment, everything was still. The screen flickered. A minor bug escalated. My heart rate increased. The system almost broke. It wasn't just the code. It was me. Running three businesses alone isn't a badge of honor. It's survival. Each one started as a need. A solution I couldn't find elsewhere. They aren't separate entities competing for attention. They're parts of the same ecosystem. They talk to each other, contradicting the common wisdom of "focus on one thing." The logical separation, physical consolidation approach is my compromise. One infrastructure, multiple frameworks. It sounds efficient. It's not. It's not the technical load that gets you. It's the decision fatigue.…