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by news_hacker 1531 days ago
Relatable. Try what I'm doing. Work your way backwards.

https://backwards.dev

Start with the final goal you're seeking (in my case it was a Pay Me checkout button) and then piece the rest of the fluff later.

A lot of the focus product is dealing with emotional barriers and your personal psychology. This shatters all this and paves a new path.

There's something sobering about starting at the end, instead of consistently getting side tracked at the beginning.

I put this up 2 days ago and some stranger has already sent me 12 cents :)

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Hey I really like this idea! I have been taking a similar approach lately with something I've been calling "deployment first development".

My approach is to create a dead-simple hello world app deployed to the internet with a one-command deploy and start iterating from there. Having something to show people that is live and that I can see the feedback loop for helps me tremendously.

I might have to supplement my current side project with this Pay Me button soon though.

Excellent! Tight feedback loops are everything. Feel free to take a look at my /milestones page or DM me if you have any questions. I'm always looking for accountability buddies too.