I launched 17 side projects. Result? I'm rich in expired domains

I've had it all:

A SaaS for freelancers... that I never had time to finish because I'm a freelancer.

A revolutionary AI tool that I abandoned as soon as GPT-4 came out.

And the famous "anti-social media social network" (spoiler: it was just me).

I buy a domain name → I code for 3 all-nighters → I lose interest → I start again.

My Google Domains look like a graveyard of unfinished dreams.

But honestly, I've never learned so much, nor enjoyed it so much.

And one day, I might release one that takes off. Or not. But I'll be ready.

Any other serial side-projectors here? Share your greatest fails/unlikely successes

"Vibe coding" has actually been a boon for me on this front. Fewer than 10% of my side projects are serious and 95% of it are static pages, so there's no big security concerns to worry about. Most of them are joke pages anyway, which I've started calling "Sht Coding," as in Vibe Coding + Sht Posting.

I’ve only bought one domain name since then and got the project out!

I think the domain name is your reward for finishing your minimum viable product.

> I think it’s part of the procrastination cycle; buying a domain name feels like progress towards the goal, but is incredibly low effort, and thus feeling like I’m making progress I wander off and get attracted to the next shiny thing.

So, yup, except that it sounds like you typically make more progress than me!

Edit: Context is https://paperstack.com/hntags/