It's great to see so many people sharing the same challenge I have as well. As developers, we always want to build things. Things we find interesting. Maybe w

It's great to see so many people sharing the same challenge I have as well. As developers, we always want to build things. Things we find interesting. Maybe we "finish" some of them. Maybe we don't ever finish something because there's always improvements to be made. "Meaningful progress" also is hard to define. One day you feel it's "save humanity level" meaningful. The other day is just lines of codes that don't work. Some companies like JotForm evolved from a side project, but not all side project will become an actual business. I think the reason why we even call side project a side project is because we have options. It's ok to fail. It's okay to explore, experiment, and create. As long as it doesn't deeply offend your core values, side projects are supposed to be fun. If it blossom into something that you can't ignore, then you will come back to it no matter what. I wrote an article back in the days when I documented why I couldn't start a side project here: https://medium.com/swlh/this-is-why-you-will-never-start-that-side-project-dd5d7df9cae5 https://medium.com/swlh/this-is-why-you-will-never-start-tha...