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I launched 17 side projects. Result? I'm rich in expired domains
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Re: I launched 17 side projects. Result? I'm rich in expired domains
#182I only "finished" 2 projects yet.
Before that, i only started them and lost motivation after ~2 weeks. The projects a wanted to do were cyclic though, so i often came back to restart things i had left unfinished.
It took me time to change that, but the main thing i did was starting with extremely limited projects, that i knew i could finish in 2 weeks. I did very basic things at the beginning, like hosting a pure html website (but it was by first website i hosted, with nginx and certbot). Sometimes i would get back to it and improve something, like styling, text, SEO,...
I say "finished" because the bottleneck is finding users, not the code. So i still work on these projects, but not at the same speed.
Re: I launched 17 side projects. Result? I'm rich in expired domains
#183Earlier quoted context omitted.
github.com is taken, but github.mx is available!
How did you figure out that was available? Searching just for, "github" on domain searches didn't pop that up but you were correct. I scooped that up because I could :)
Haha, I just looked on a domain registrar. Maybe Microsoft will buy it from you :)
Re: I launched 17 side projects. Result? I'm rich in expired domains
#184> I buy a domain name → I code for 3 all-nighters → I lose interest → I start again. That's ADHD for you. A former coworker of mine lamented this - "I start so many projects or hobbies, but just when I feel like I've learned a lot I lose interest". I had to point out to him that his hobby isn't - whatever, sheep shearing or book bindery or underwater basket weaving - but rather his hobby is learning things . That's a…
Stop medicalising everything. These people don't have sufficient motivation to finish the things they've started. Yes, their hobby might be learning things. That's actually a pretty good hobby. Are they kidding themselves sometimes, do they lack self-knowledge, yep. This is just a slice of humanity, and giving it a label that helps people to sell amphetamines doesn't really do anyone any good. Teaching morals and self-discipline does.
Re: I launched 17 side projects. Result? I'm rich in expired domains
#185Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't think it has to be ADHD. I don't have ADHD, and none of my friends have it that I know of. We all start things we don't finish, though. I was going to post some of the more ridiculous domain names I've purchased for personal projects, before I realized I'd be doxxing myself. Too bad, there are some good ones. I think in many cases, we fail to finish projects because it's so much easier to start than it is to…
I didn’t think I had ADHD. Then I saw some video on autism that hit a little too close to home. I went and got tested, and just had them test for everything while I was at it, which included testing for ADHD. Turns out I do have ADHD. The more I learn about it, and autism, the more my entire life comes into focus. I have mixed feelings about finding this out late in life (early 40s). I do think there was a lot of val…
I felt the same when I discovered I was a Gemini. Come on - someone has created a category which describes a group of people in a fairly self-consistent way. Of course a large number of people will spot it and say: "Finally! The agency lies outside of me! My struggles are no longer my fault!"
But they never were in the first place, and being in a category doesn't change your responsibility to do the best with what you've got.
At least star signs don't medicalise you.
There are plenty of other ways of characterising this - Ayurvedic medicine or the Humours - in fact, those are so effective that they've been taken by business coaches and turned into "colour personality types". And they describe the same thing.
You have a deficiency of phlegm and black bile. Ask ChatGPT about how to treat it, and it'll essentially suggest a permanent dopamine fast.
Re: I launched 17 side projects. Result? I'm rich in expired domains
#186I am the same, the most recent side project is [Flags.gg](https://flags.gg) A feature flag system, that has a ton of agents for various languages on [Github](https://github.com/flags-gg)
Re: I launched 17 side projects. Result? I'm rich in expired domains
#187Used to be like you, now I focus on creating high conversion landing pages if I'm trying to build a project for profit, and only build the full idea if I get enough sign ups.
Another thing I do more, which I find hard as a developer but somewhat more rewarding, is talking to potential users. Sometimes it makes you realise your ideas are crap haha.
But it's a different thing to build for fun, which I tend to do less these days and want to do more.
And agreed on the learning side. Building full-on projects is the best way to learn. I've picked up so many skills that have landed me new amazing jobs, i.e. that's basically how I transitioned from a native iOS developer to a full-stack React/React-Native developer.
Keep building! and don't forget the user side :)
Re: I launched 17 side projects. Result? I'm rich in expired domains
#188I have now reached the point where I won’t buy the domain name until I get a prototype ready. 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.
Yea that's safest, validating then building an idea should be a priority.
Re: I launched 17 side projects. Result? I'm rich in expired domains
#189I typically get stuck on the marketing stage.
Far too often I build a project, only to get ready to deploy it, then struggle to think of a name/domain for it.
Then coupled with the thought of struggling to market the project, I end up fizzling out at that stage.
If I already have users of the project, then I'll deploy it as a subdomain and forget about it until a user complains.
Re: I launched 17 side projects. Result? I'm rich in expired domains
#190what I have found out works -- have a domain you're particularly interested in & go deep into that domain like it's the only domain that exists. forget everything else.
the whole too-many side projects is for indie-hacker influencers like levels who make money on notoriety. for the rest of us -- going deep helps.