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This kind of project has made me realize that somewhere along the way, I quit thinking of tech as a way to build anything fun. I need to rekindle that goofball

by bicx 2y ago

This kind of project has made me realize that somewhere along the way, I quit thinking of tech as a way to build anything fun. I need to rekindle that goofball spirit.

breadsniffer01 2y ago
Rekindle it! Intrinsic curiosity…
Maxim2572 2y ago
I read this post every few months to keep that spirit https://justforfunnoreally.dev/ https://justforfunnoreally.dev/
ukd1 2y ago
100% - after I left my last startup I was in that frame; I did recurse.com and it really helped rekindle that spirit.
spmurrayzzz 2y ago
I've definitely noticed the same in my career. Its easy to get caught up in the day-to-day and forget some of the reasons you got started doing all this in the first place (in my case, because its fun and I'm passionate about software/hardware). On a whim, I decided to invest time in writing down one idea per week of anything fun I could hack on. It doesn't really matter whether or not I go through with it, I keep the stakes low: just write an idea down. That way it forces me to think about things I could build for myself or others/friends/family without much cognitive investment. The end result has not only had a nonzero impact on my motivation to start new projects, it has impacted my ability to actually follow through. And I've noticed the practice has made the ideation loop happen more frequently than once per week over time.
GeoAtreides 2y ago
The embedded world awaits you: https://microengineer.eu/2018/05/01/diy-night-clock-projector/ https://microengineer.eu/2018/05/01/diy-night-clock-projecto... Weather Station using LilyGo T-Display S3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VntDY9Mg7T0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VntDY9Mg7T0 https://github.com/goat-hill/bitclock https://github.com/goat-hill/bitclock https://www.hackster.io/lmarzen/esp32-e-paper-weather-display-a2f444 https://www.hackster.io/lmarzen/esp32-e-paper-weather-displa...
uhtred 2y ago
But what stack will you use!
debacle 2y ago
Get into solar! You can cobble things together pretty reliably to do fun things.
beachy 2y ago
Just reorient your thinking to consider building CRUD web apps as fun.
changexd 2y ago
I feel this so bad, I used to make little software that solves my problem, now whenever I want to build anything I think about "is it going to be useful for my resume?" instead of fun things and I always quit because it then put lots of pressure on me for building "useful but not fun" projects.

by bicx 2y ago

This kind of project has made me realize that somewhere along the way, I quit thinking of tech as a way to build anything fun. I need to rekindle that goofball spirit.

breadsniffer01 2y ago

Rekindle it! Intrinsic curiosity…

Maxim2572 2y ago

I read this post every few months to keep that spirit https://justforfunnoreally.dev/ https://justforfunnoreally.dev/

ukd1 2y ago

100% - after I left my last startup I was in that frame; I did recurse.com and it really helped rekindle that spirit.

spmurrayzzz 2y ago

I've definitely noticed the same in my career. Its easy to get caught up in the day-to-day and forget some of the reasons you got started doing all this in the first place (in my case, because its fun and I'm passionate about software/hardware). On a whim, I decided to invest time in writing down one idea per week of anything fun I could hack on. It doesn't really matter whether or not I go through with it, I keep the stakes low: just write an idea down. That way it forces me to think about things I could build for myself or others/friends/family without much cognitive investment. The end result has not only had a nonzero impact on my motivation to start new projects, it has impacted my ability to actually follow through. And I've noticed the practice has made the ideation loop happen more frequently than once per week over time.

GeoAtreides 2y ago

The embedded world awaits you: https://microengineer.eu/2018/05/01/diy-night-clock-projector/ https://microengineer.eu/2018/05/01/diy-night-clock-projecto... Weather Station using LilyGo T-Display S3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VntDY9Mg7T0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VntDY9Mg7T0 https://github.com/goat-hill/bitclock https://github.com/goat-hill/bitclock https://www.hackster.io/lmarzen/esp32-e-paper-weather-display-a2f444 https://www.hackster.io/lmarzen/esp32-e-paper-weather-displa...

uhtred 2y ago

But what stack will you use!

debacle 2y ago

Get into solar! You can cobble things together pretty reliably to do fun things.

beachy 2y ago

Just reorient your thinking to consider building CRUD web apps as fun.

changexd 2y ago

I feel this so bad, I used to make little software that solves my problem, now whenever I want to build anything I think about "is it going to be useful for my resume?" instead of fun things and I always quit because it then put lots of pressure on me for building "useful but not fun" projects.