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I'm guilty of this. I've had 3 (so far) MVPs made, solo dev, made the infra, the website, the app (for one of those 3), and I'm sitting on my ass afraid to ship

by CodinM 3y ago

I'm guilty of this. I've had 3 (so far) MVPs made, solo dev, made the infra, the website, the app (for one of those 3), and I'm sitting on my ass afraid to ship.

easeout 3y ago
What's stopping you?
- CodinM 3y ago
  No idea. Maybe it's fear, maybe it's something else. Any advice?
  - Klonoar 3y ago
    Lick the stamp and send it.
  - malux85 3y ago
    The regret of never trying will (eventually) bring you greater sadness than a failed launch. The path of least pain is to launch. Do it.
  - baxtr 3y ago
    I think you need to be able to answer that question. Spend some time going into depth understanding what really is holding you back. Only then you’d be able to solve it.
  - saulpw 3y ago
    You're commenting on a post called "The Fear of Shipping", and you said above you're "afraid to ship". Now you claim you have no idea and could be anything, really. There is nothing stopping you except your own bullshit. Do the minimum necessary to "ship" and if that's daunting, then you're trying too hard to be too big too fast and you'll never be able to get anywhere at all. Remember that if you actually care about a project, shipping isn't the end of it, but the beginning. You won't be happy with the results of shipping, because no one will notice and even fewer people will care. But if you ship it now, if the perfect user comes along, they'll find your URL somehow (maybe you give it to them) and fall in love with your idea without any further involvement from you. And then you can iterate. If you don't ship now, then just accept your fate, and stop talking about these projects as though you're going to ship them.
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  - aziaziazi 3y ago
    Maybe fear of social judgement? What would you think of communicating first in a region with a group far away from your social circle ? EG if you’re asian and live in SV, silently deploy and ask people opinion in a related-field forum in the Netherlands or South Africa. Bonus point: you expend your social circle.
  - another2another 3y ago
    Probably the worry over the next part, which you're probably subconsciously aware of. After shipping the product, comes the worst bit: .....users......demands...monetary remuneration...support...maintenance...marketing...rejection... Then it's not a fun educational experience anymore.
gexla 3y ago
Could just be procrastination on doing the unfamiliar. You know and possibly enjoy the development part. But it's not the case that you're done with these projects. You're opening yourself up to a LOT more work, which you may not enjoy. And can you really ship 3 different MVPs? Are these essentially 3 different businesses? Or if they aren't businesses, do you have time to maintain all of them? I think the the feeling is more complex than fear. Do people overeat because they are hungry? I'm not a therapist, but I'm guessing that eating is their way of comforting themselves. And so, they associate a stressful situation with being hungry. Maybe you're feeling the tangled web of emotions which go with doing the unfamiliar with fear.
yard2010 3y ago
IMHO there's nothing wrong with duds. There is more than one way to succeed. I do agree, however, that shipping is better than not

by CodinM 3y ago

I'm guilty of this. I've had 3 (so far) MVPs made, solo dev, made the infra, the website, the app (for one of those 3), and I'm sitting on my ass afraid to ship.

easeout 3y ago

What's stopping you?

CodinM 3y ago
No idea. Maybe it's fear, maybe it's something else. Any advice?
- Klonoar 3y ago
  Lick the stamp and send it.
- malux85 3y ago
  The regret of never trying will (eventually) bring you greater sadness than a failed launch. The path of least pain is to launch. Do it.
- baxtr 3y ago
  I think you need to be able to answer that question. Spend some time going into depth understanding what really is holding you back. Only then you’d be able to solve it.
- saulpw 3y ago
  You're commenting on a post called "The Fear of Shipping", and you said above you're "afraid to ship". Now you claim you have no idea and could be anything, really. There is nothing stopping you except your own bullshit. Do the minimum necessary to "ship" and if that's daunting, then you're trying too hard to be too big too fast and you'll never be able to get anywhere at all. Remember that if you actually care about a project, shipping isn't the end of it, but the beginning. You won't be happy with the results of shipping, because no one will notice and even fewer people will care. But if you ship it now, if the perfect user comes along, they'll find your URL somehow (maybe you give it to them) and fall in love with your idea without any further involvement from you. And then you can iterate. If you don't ship now, then just accept your fate, and stop talking about these projects as though you're going to ship them.
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- aziaziazi 3y ago
  Maybe fear of social judgement? What would you think of communicating first in a region with a group far away from your social circle ? EG if you’re asian and live in SV, silently deploy and ask people opinion in a related-field forum in the Netherlands or South Africa. Bonus point: you expend your social circle.
- another2another 3y ago
  Probably the worry over the next part, which you're probably subconsciously aware of. After shipping the product, comes the worst bit: .....users......demands...monetary remuneration...support...maintenance...marketing...rejection... Then it's not a fun educational experience anymore.

gexla 3y ago

Could just be procrastination on doing the unfamiliar. You know and possibly enjoy the development part. But it's not the case that you're done with these projects. You're opening yourself up to a LOT more work, which you may not enjoy. And can you really ship 3 different MVPs? Are these essentially 3 different businesses? Or if they aren't businesses, do you have time to maintain all of them? I think the the feeling is more complex than fear. Do people overeat because they are hungry? I'm not a therapist, but I'm guessing that eating is their way of comforting themselves. And so, they associate a stressful situation with being hungry. Maybe you're feeling the tangled web of emotions which go with doing the unfamiliar with fear.

yard2010 3y ago

IMHO there's nothing wrong with duds. There is more than one way to succeed. I do agree, however, that shipping is better than not