It's OK to abandon your side-project
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It's OK to abandon your side-project
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#2Grit and perseverance are often talked about as critical qualities in building something successful but knowing when to quit and start over is equally as important.
Food for thought, that most "startup" gurus don't preach.
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#3As long as you complete it, just keep it out there. You never know when your half-baked idea might result in a lead for something new.
It’s fun to go back to old projects and finish them with new skills you’ve acquired over the years.
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#4Don't be afraid to eschew technology when paper flash cards will do the job.
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#5Fear of sunk cost is why I only built developer tools so far. As a developer, I know what tool I need to build software quickly and effectively. But unfortunately just as I finished building my no-code/low-code platform, the dev tool market has become completely monopolized. All developers are focused on a tiny number of tools so now I'm forced to focus on a niche outside industry. Thankfully I can use my own no/low-code platform to build such apps very quickly so that's what I'll do.
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#6If you're explaining case to English speakers, don't use sentence with "he" and "her" as examples of how English does not have case, and does not allow easy rearrangement. Because those pronouns are the one place in English where vestiges of case can be found, making it confusing.
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#7Great story of a successful failure.
The app was a failure, because he learned everything he needed to know by writing the app.
There are a lot of software projects that fail in the sense of not being released or used, but valuable from what was learned in the process of developing it.
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#8Grit and perseverance are often talked about as critical qualities in building something successful but knowing when to quit and start over is equally as important. Food for thought, that most "startup" gurus don't preach.
I agree but it's probably much more common for people to quit too early.
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#9Grit and perseverance are often talked about as critical qualities in building something successful but knowing when to quit and start over is equally as important. Food for thought, that most "startup" gurus don't preach.
I thought it was the other way around nowadays, the 'lean' way?. Correct me if I am wrong, I thought founders are encouraged to pivot if can't find market fit early.
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#10Is it okay to abandon my 500th side project?