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Does this happen to anyone else? This is so frustrating and discouraging. I often get unmotivated to finish things because of this issue. How do you guys deal with it?
I'm talking strictly about side/weekend projects.
If the idea is good or useful, you will find some helping hands from the initial user base itself.
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If people are willing to use it, figure out how to improve the visual design -- delegate, sell it, design sabbatical, take some classes, whatever. This may require throwing some work away, but it's still a functioning thing.
As someone mentioned, there are also plenty of great themes and templates that you can purchase to get things started. You'll need HTML/CSS skills of course but a lot of the design elements have already been completed.
+ If it solves a meaningful problem, a meaningful number of people will not care about the UX. That's why people can build tools lacking a polished UX for themselves...and their coworkers...and small business...and enterprise.
+ The tools for accurately solving complicated variable problems are often complicated themselves. A high end Nikon camera has billions of combinations of settings. The interface exposing that combinatorial complexity becomes manageable with a few years of relevant experience...that few years of experience is better than the alternatives for someone who is trying to solve the complex variable problems...and not better for someone who isn't and won't be.
+ Design is iterative. More iterative than agile TDD, because a new design suggests a new set of tests...the acceptance criteria keep moving.
+ If it really matters, hire a professional designer. Don't expect designers to work for free unless you are developing something that makes their life easier...like design software. Designers get lots of chances to work for free on things that benefit someone else.
Good luck.