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A meditation on three dead side projects

by kenforthewin on 9/6/21, 6:04 PM with 3 comments

  • by martinmakesgame on 9/6/21, 11:27 PM

    Hi Kenny,

    The motivations that you've talked about, learning or money and generating users, are these the only motivations when undertaking a side project? When thinking about a side project would you think about other motivations as well?

    Is there room for undertaking a side project where the aim isn't learning or money and users but instead there is a motivation to improve how the world is, making lives better for people?

  • by victorthehuman on 9/6/21, 11:27 PM

    As a creator with some dead project(s) I feel horrified when I think how many hours I “wasted” on them.

    But then again, I had to scratch those creative itches, I had to built those useless things, they made me what I’m today, a more experienced, tired and inching closer to a break from software engineering.