There's something called _market analysis_: you either find a gap in the market for software tools, or you talk to people and ask what they would pay for _befor

There's something called _market analysis_: you either find a gap in the market for software tools, or you talk to people and ask what they would pay for _before_ starting to code. Yes, you can jump straight into coding for your side projects, but not if your primary goal is to earn a steady side income (it may work but unlikely so). But good to see negative outcome reports to counter-balance the extreme survivor bias on here.