[revel]

It's not mentioned here but one of the biggest mistake experienced hires make on side projects is throwing out all the project planning that would normally be done if it was anyone else's project. Honestly, if you can't draw a stick 'n' box flow of what you'll build, you are, to put it mildly, highly unlikely to build it.

[imhoguy]

I could explain this as I was there many times - planning is not fun for a creator in passion.

The fun is to code some clever software solution and make it to work and show to friends or just keep for own pleasure, then boring stuff starts: user accounts, payments, maintenance, human contact, complaints, and here 99% of projects fail.