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I think removing frictions from starting new things & automating the mundane things like project setup, doc setup etc. goes along way to cross the bridge from '
by nikivi 6y ago
I think removing frictions from starting new things & automating the mundane things like project setup, doc setup etc. goes along way to cross the bridge from 'wanting to build something' to 'building it'.
As well as ability to track things being worked on sorted by priority. I currently do that part in Notion. (https://wiki.nikitavoloboev.xyz/ideas https://wiki.nikitavoloboev.xyz/ideas)
Working in public on anything is very useful too as there is a long time inbetween making something and 'truly releasing' something. I remember the talk on how https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent https://github.com/webtorrent/webtorrent started off as a simple readme. Got lots of interest & comments and only then was the idea validated and got built on, already with community.
Here is the great talk about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqnvKP1DYRI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqnvKP1DYRI
- jacobush 6y agoIt can also be a great distraction to fiddle around with the supporting tools instead of the thing itself.
- TacoSteemers 6y agoFiddling around can also be okay, if it is relaxing.
- nikivi 6y agoTrue but the project templates is a solved problem. I haven't chosen one I liked yet but here are some options: https://www.notion.so/nikitavoloboev/Project-generator-3cd7414001cb4c4d8c2df38dfe41ed41 https://www.notion.so/nikitavoloboev/Project-generator-3cd74...
- rraghur 6y agoThis is unfortunately, me.. I've slowly come to the conclusion of not using to avoid it completely (that's to hard), but rather timebox it when i catch myself drifting