Ask HN: Ideas and Getting 'Stuck'
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> "getting stuck or even better"
This ain't stop with one. To me, it's just I already lost interest in the current one because my sense felt (or I realized) this is not as worth as what I thought when started. It's okay to move on rather than being stubborn. Since 2017, as a solo developer, I launched 5 projects. Now, most of the time, I'm working on only 2 projects (90-10 split) along side my full time, not a developer.
Also, I was never stuck at an idea phase, I do extensive Google search to validate the idea and readily jump on buying a domain as a commitment to turn idea into the product, with a landing page deployed with in 2 days.
This ain't stop with one. To me, it's just I already lost interest in the current one because my sense felt (or I realized) this is not as worth as what I thought when started. It's okay to move on rather than being stubborn. Since 2017, as a solo developer, I launched 5 projects. Now, most of the time, I'm working on only 2 projects (90-10 split) along side my full time, not a developer.
Also, I was never stuck at an idea phase, I do extensive Google search to validate the idea and readily jump on buying a domain as a commitment to turn idea into the product, with a landing page deployed with in 2 days.
If you are really stuck, move it to your backlog and make some notes about why you are stuck. Then go do something else - a hobby, a project, etc. Sometimes the answer will come to you while doing something else. Otherwise, revisit it in a couple weeks or months.
Heres a bunch of ideas.
1) Reduce your ego. Your are not the project or the ideas that went into it. It's ok to take a step back and revise decisions. It can help to document the factors that went into a decision.
2) For me reading a book that actively engages your brain can help. Let's say a book about software architecture or creativity can do it. Brainy books can take your mind out of that dead-end.
3) Go for a walk, or for a run. Put on a podcast. Allow yourself to will drift away. Which is ok, there's not going to be a test.
1) Reduce your ego. Your are not the project or the ideas that went into it. It's ok to take a step back and revise decisions. It can help to document the factors that went into a decision.
2) For me reading a book that actively engages your brain can help. Let's say a book about software architecture or creativity can do it. Brainy books can take your mind out of that dead-end.
3) Go for a walk, or for a run. Put on a podcast. Allow yourself to will drift away. Which is ok, there's not going to be a test.
How does the community take an idea and prevent themselves from getting stuck or even better, how to 'unstuck' yourselves to be able to move beyond and work on a side project?