My video pipeline is a git repo: why treating video like code changes the workflow
Builder · Creator · Product thinker
Every video I publish. The whole method behind it, written down.
I'm Carlos. I review things I actually bought, and I build the pipeline that cuts the videos. Both are documented here, including what made the work worse.
Watch the video Read the method
Real products. Real workflows. Real lessons.
The review
MOFT Trackable Wallet Stand review
Watch on YouTube
“Real gear. Real use. Honest takes.”
Product reviews, workflows, and everything in between.
Backlog 17
Transcript-first editing: cutting on words, not frames
Agent roles, not parallel chaos: one orchestrator, modular scenes, an explicit publish step
14 more in the backlog
From cloud agent to social post: rebuild, thumbnail, stage, upload
HyperFrames vs Remotion: two stacks on purpose, one repo
Cap vs Screen Studio: the verdict I reversed after a real recording
Channel intro: "I finally did the thing"
Wiring Cap into the pipeline: share links, preflight, a second publish route
Leica Q3, $7,200 later: which Florence accessories I still use and which live in a drawer
I backed the Peak Design 40L on Kickstarter, then took a different bag on my first trip
My camera bag is a coffee company's duffel: Leica Q3 + camera cube, still carry-on legal
How many stops does each Profoto OCF gel cost? Just Blue eats 4.2, measured on a B10X
The one-bag hospital day: what a dad actually carries when it isn't a vacation
Westcott X-Drop: five fabrics, one frame, the two I reach for
I own a Hero 9 that still works: is the $766 GoPro Mission 1 Pro worth it?
Weekly developer demo show on Circle: spotlight one developer's demo a week for a paid community
Same video, six platforms: what each audience actually did with it
In progress 3
The silent-render trap
Plaud, 6 months in: not a meeting recorder, permission, memory, and useful-not-universal
Plaud, 6 months in, the full review: not a meeting recorder; permission, memory, pipeline, and who should skip it
Published 5
MOFT Trackable Wallet Stand review
MOFT Trackable Wallet Stand, the teaser
Plaud, 6 months in, the teaser
2 more published
Tron, the teaser
Cut with HyperFrames and Remotion, the teaser
The method
A graphic may never sound more certain than the narration.
Claim classesAnti-slopFour moves
5 chapters and a changelog. Read the method
The measurement
I spent $21.10 measuring my own tooling. Two of my skills made the model worse.
scriptwriter-named-one
0.222
0.444
scriptwriter-format-first
0.667
0.833
Three runs per arm, graded against written rubrics. The full table
- Chapters
- 5
- Videos published
- 5
- In tooling tests
- $21.10
- On the board
- 25
Same curiosity. Different medium.