I’ve spent the last three weeks making some simple apps to solve small problems I encounter, and practice the development cycle. Example.
I’ve already been sold on the concept of developing things in a Lean MVP style for products. Shorter feedback loops between making stuff and figuring out if anyone wants it. Less time spent making things people don’t want to give you money for. It was only these past few weeks where I noticed the importance of a MVP approach for personal projects. Now it’s a case of shortening the feedback loops between making stuff and figuring out if I care about what I’ve made. This is crucial for motivation. It’s easy for me to go, “I’m gonna make a slick app!” and try to do the symbolic thing that is app development, and not spend time working towards the what I cared about that made me start the project.
I see this a lot with blog posts as well. If I get in my head that this post should be “definitive” or “extra-well researched”, I can spend a lot of time on that, even though I didn’t actually care about it that much, and by the time I get to writing the thing that was in my heart I’m sick and tired of the idea and don’t want to write.
I’ve spent the last three weeks making some simple apps to solve small problems I encounter, and practice the development cycle. Example.
I’ve already been sold on the concept of developing things in a Lean MVP style for products. Shorter feedback loops between making stuff and figuring out if anyone wants it. Less time spent making things people don’t want to give you money for. It was only these past few weeks where I noticed the importance of a MVP approach for personal projects. Now it’s a case of shortening the feedback loops between making stuff and figuring out if I care about what I’ve made. This is crucial for motivation. It’s easy for me to go, “I’m gonna make a slick app!” and try to do the symbolic thing that is app development, and not spend time working towards the what I cared about that made me start the project.
I see this a lot with blog posts as well. If I get in my head that this post should be “definitive” or “extra-well researched”, I can spend a lot of time on that, even though I didn’t actually care about it that much, and by the time I get to writing the thing that was in my heart I’m sick and tired of the idea and don’t want to write.