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by al_borland 781 days ago
It seems everyone will have different pain points, depending on their skills and aptitude for various aspects of the overall project. One person may be great with writing up app descriptions, making screenshots, and marketing, but struggle with actual development… while others will be just the opposite.

If I had to guess, it seems your main challenge right now is getting started, so you’ve created this post as a way to procrastinate, thinking if you do enough research, you can avoid any issues. The best way to go is to start. You’ll run into some issues, and when you do, you’ll be able to look for ways to solve those specific problems. Asking blanket questions like this will leave you worried about problems you may never personally experience.

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You're completely correct, I guess))

This is a very valuable comment and the kick I may have been looking for asking such general questions here.

You are right to just go and defeat the dragon, but I wanted to hear the path of other people who have been there, because to get to the dragon you have to go through the forest and not get lost.

I'm actually grateful to everyone who took their time and shared nuances I didn't know about before.

Grateful to you, too, for the kick I needed.

>You are right to just go and defeat the dragon, but I wanted to hear the path of other people who have been there, because to get to the dragon you have to go through the forest and not get lost.

Sometimes those side quests (getting lost) help you defeat future dragons.

I’ve gone down some rabbit holes that at the time didn’t seem to be useful and were a waste of time. Then something comes up later where having that background and experience is invaluable. Getting lost, when I had the time to get lost, allowed me to slay the dragon when time was a factor.

Reframing some things can be helpful.