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Start with a credit card form. If nobody would pay for it, why would you invest precious time building it? You have better things to do. :)

by Swizec 10y ago

20years 10y ago
I agree with this sentiment. Nothing motivates me more knowing there is potential to make money on it. Then again there are those side projects you do just for fun but those are ones I also don't invest tons of time on.
- Swizec 10y ago
  Those don't need to be shipped, though.
fogleman 10y ago
If all you have is a form, what am I paying for?
- Swizec 10y ago
  I've paid for products that were literally just a form and someone doing shit manually.
  - katkattac 10y ago
    Examples? I can't really think of anything I've paid for where at least a solid prototype didn't already exist.
    - Swizec 10y ago
      Why can't someone doing it manually be a solid prototype? If it provides value it's valuable no matter how it's done. One such product I bought was https://mastermindjam.com https://mastermindjam.com
wwalser 10y ago
If your goal is to eventually make money from the project then sure. There is value in shipping things only that they get used, open source comes to mind.
xiaoma 10y ago
And if everyone followed this advice, we'd have no Kahn Academy, no Wikipedia, no Linux and a much poorer world.
- Swizec 10y ago
  None of those are side projects. There's a time and place for change the world free stuff and a busy person's free time is rarely it.
  - jacalata 10y ago
    Khan Academy history (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Academy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Academy): The organization started in 2004 when Sal Khan tutored one of his cousins on the Internet using a service called Yahoo Doodle Images. After a while, Khan's other cousins began to use his tutoring service. Because of the demand, Khan decided to make his videos watchable on the Internet, so he published his content on YouTube.[9] ...The critical acclaim and the positive responses of students prompted Khan to quit his job... and focus on the tutorials

Start with a credit card form. If nobody would pay for it, why would you invest precious time building it? You have better things to do. :)

by Swizec 10y ago

Start with a credit card form. If nobody would pay for it, why would you invest precious time building it? You have better things to do. :)

20years 10y ago

I agree with this sentiment. Nothing motivates me more knowing there is potential to make money on it. Then again there are those side projects you do just for fun but those are ones I also don't invest tons of time on.

Swizec 10y ago
Those don't need to be shipped, though.

fogleman 10y ago

If all you have is a form, what am I paying for?

Swizec 10y ago
I've paid for products that were literally just a form and someone doing shit manually.
- katkattac 10y ago
  Examples? I can't really think of anything I've paid for where at least a solid prototype didn't already exist.
  - Swizec 10y ago
    Why can't someone doing it manually be a solid prototype? If it provides value it's valuable no matter how it's done. One such product I bought was https://mastermindjam.com https://mastermindjam.com

wwalser 10y ago

If your goal is to eventually make money from the project then sure. There is value in shipping things only that they get used, open source comes to mind.

xiaoma 10y ago

And if everyone followed this advice, we'd have no Kahn Academy, no Wikipedia, no Linux and a much poorer world.

Swizec 10y ago
None of those are side projects. There's a time and place for change the world free stuff and a busy person's free time is rarely it.
- jacalata 10y ago
  Khan Academy history (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Academy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Academy): The organization started in 2004 when Sal Khan tutored one of his cousins on the Internet using a service called Yahoo Doodle Images. After a while, Khan's other cousins began to use his tutoring service. Because of the demand, Khan decided to make his videos watchable on the Internet, so he published his content on YouTube.[9] ...The critical acclaim and the positive responses of students prompted Khan to quit his job... and focus on the tutorials