Nice work, particularly the amount you've sold! I keep a similar timeline of projects on my website, going back to 2004 (older stuff going back to 1990 is there, but not as organised) https://www.gingerbeardman.com
That is super cool
Side projects I've built since 2009
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#142Thanks for sharing and congrats! How do you deal with updates? I.e. how do you decide whether to maintain a product or move it to "dead"?
If a project stops getting traffic or I lose interest, I just don't renew the domain.
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#143I wish I had this energy again. I've got a list of side projects to get on with. I've made little progress in the last year, and suspect its burn out to blame - I'm just constantly exhausted. I think if you have the energy, this is awesome fun. It might even get to the point where one of them makes some decent income. But if you don't, like me, just realise that there is a reason for that, and it's OK. You need rest…
This might sound crazy but I started live streaming partially because I wanted to work on side projects.
You will be less productive than getting into a focus state off line. But 0.5x is still infinitely higher than zero.
On stream, you don’t get to randomly hop into a game or doom scroll social media or hackernews.
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#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
Careful not to fall into the trap of never releasing - it can always be better.
Or not? If his joy comes from endlessly coding and refactoring and tinkering, just have fun doing that. Not every side project needs to turn into a side product
Of course, I assume OP is smart enough to realize they have free will and that I am not being prescriptive! OP had stated they were planning to release it, but held off, so I believe their intent is to release it.
By the way, one can release a side project without it turning into a product. :-)
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#145Re: Side projects I've built since 2009
#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
IG reels, TT
You would have to have enough followers though, don't you? So that begs the question: where did you get so many followers from? :P
no, that's not how the algos work anymore. they test content with a couple hundred viewers, and push out further based on engagement. even if you have followers, it won't push content to them if it doesn't engage the initial test audiences (whether followers or not).
this is part of why many now pay creators to start new accounts to post viral organic content rather than to their existing followers.
when you find a video format that works for your product, you can create many accounts (or pay people to do so) and keep posting the winning formula