Why You Never Finish Your Side Projects

At least that's why mine always failed lol. This video was very fun to make, really hope you enjoed it and find some truth in the message for your own side projects. Maybe some of you have experienced this first hand just like me!
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[@codinginflow]

Are you describing me?

[@gamingwolf3385]

Me too 😂

[@qhmedhazem1455]

The video quality and editing are very good! Keep going 👏👏❤

[@jesustzinon]

what happens to me its that I get overhelmed with all tech and new patterns/how to do things/whats faster/better/drop this do this now push me back when making projects, like am obsessed to make it perfect just start doidoing and commit to it and stick to something

[@nonybrighto]

That's true..You just need to ignore the tech noise going on and focus on achieving your goals because there will always be a "better" way.

[@Gohealt]

Side projects mostly never come to an end because the developers try to develop a feature that solves problems of others. If they start developing features that actually solve any of their day-to-day problem, chances are quite high that they would cross the finish line. In a nutshell, side projects should be made to make your life easier rather than trying to develop a feature that "COULD" be helpful for others

[@SIGTERM-f1n]

How do you solve the OpenAI error: Billing hard limit has been reached I've been stuck on that on my side project for a month now 😢 thats the only thing delaying the deployment of the App Welp 😢😢 2:18

[@YuraZavadenko]

This actually can grow up to not doing anything even at work place over time. How can u coin yourself as a dev or engineer if u cannot push a project to the end.

[@nonybrighto]

Not necessarily though. You can be more motivated to do work place projects because of the immediate financial reward and also because you aren't responsible for seeing through the whole process down to deployment, costs and promotions.

[@krishplayz5963]

i started 2 side projects and i didnt touch it for almost 2 months

[@emmanuelgenga7421]

This is me. Are you my code minded doppelganger

[@mariajegan2409]

Mine 7 project 😂😂

[@PwrXenon]

You never finish because you use meme stacks (nextjs, t3, etc)

[@BeyondLegendary]

There is a moment of sheer panic when I realize that Josh's sideproject is nearly finished and is obviously better funded than mine.

[@gungun974]

My side project have all one point of common. There all tools for me essentially so I always focus to do the minimum and then switch to them. So finally when I encounter a bug or a missing feature. Well there is no going back

[@ilkergonenc6591]

right in time, I am in the valley of despair for the last 10 days, couldn't write a single line 😂 but this time I didn't intend to start over new or gave up hope, trying to push forward! it is really good to hear it out loud from someone else, so thanks Josh ! 🙌 good timing 😊

[@Stoney_Eagle]

My side projects are mostly part of my main project and are either killed in mvp state or in the progress of being integrated 😊

[@James-the-elder]

To reduce the number of unfinshed side projects I have, I make sure that I round it up, i.e. make sure it's working and launch somewhere live. Then I fix all the visual (or logical) defects I discover as time goes on.

[@codewithguillaume]

Josh, you can't realize how true is this. I just got 200 ideas a year!

[@vella166]

Wow describing my side project lazy mind so accurately 😮😂😂

[@Nurof3n_]

is that hormozi's chart?

[@cariyaputta]

I'm guilty of this, start big and then switch to play games instead. Unless there's money or semester's fate on the line I find it hard to finish medium-size+ projects.

[@ezwa]

WTH josh! Last night i just thought of dropping my sideproject coz i just thought of a new better idea. are you secretly monitoring my brain? 😂

[@RemotHuman]

The question marks on the splitter gg pricing page are not working for me properly on mobile (android chrome)

[@d9kd9k]

Thanks for a great speak on the topic of finishing side-projects

[@daphenomenalz4100]

LMAOOOOOOOO 😂😂 so true, i left one of my project to work on another for a week, nd now i don't have motivation nor am i eager to complete it lmaooo

[@redbeardjunior]

Yup its not easy working on my project ! I will finish it even if it takes me 2 more months.

[@miazb817]

I felt in love with your videos. Thank you 😊. I’m a real estate agent in Pari. My Buisness was good before someone stools my pack office files and find the way to find my different passwords. So my buisness is going really bad and I’m learning new things to pass this trauma.. and I want to thank you again, I’m a novice but you give tips😅.. 😘

[@omega_sine]

Bold of you to assume that I can stay on a single project for weeks on end.

[@laxmanadhikari3989]

hi Josh thx a lot man just discover your channel i love your content i learned a lot thnx so much .

[@lukas.webdev]

Great Video! 🔥

[@siya.abc123]

What is with the attacks bro? Why are you fighting? 😅

[@kailoklum]

Josh u are reading my mind I swear

[@keshavakumar9828]

How do you overcome your challenges ?

[@Bvic3]

Google. More in depth googling. Reading the source code of the library. Reading the research paper. Writing a patch to the linux kernel. Make your own custom hardware with pcbway. Dig deeper and deeper until the world bends to your desires.

[@randerins]

I always try to finish them, but then some error happens and literally NOBODY helps. Not even KZbinrs who create certain projects and won't reply to the comments.

[@Nobodylihshdheuhdhd]

Quit coding man it won't for you

[@JEsterCW]

this is me with my dream project since years

[@ShinmotoGaming]

Great Video, thanks for sharing :)

[@shayanCodingMaster]

Should I choose astro or PHP development or next js + Node js and Express js ?

[@thefilteredcoder]

Php

[@shayanCodingMaster]

@@thefilteredcoder Why? And should I choose any PHP framework like Laravel?

[@Bvic3]

Nice troll. In case you're serious, the answer is that it doesn't matter. Take whatever, practice, practice, practice. Technologies change every year. For each new project you take a random currently fashionable stack.

[@OP-ig1fj]

​@@shayanCodingMasterlaravel is amazing but depends my bro

[@shayanCodingMaster]

@@Bvic3 Fast website development is more difficult, though. Which tech stack should I use to quickly build a website? Although it won't take place in a matter of days or even a week, practise can help.

[@arsen3223]

Thanks for the wisdom, Josh

[@chris94kennedy]

nice new editing touches Josh

[@ilyas8523]

Great points.

[@karimben1477]

I feel attacked 😂

[@eloenwa655]

I feel attacked 😂

[@27sosite73]

well I will tell you what i think I am not sure that first pet projects should be definitely finished if you feel like you squeezed everything you could out of it new knowledge wise. when you are creating something and hoping to make some profit out of it you definitely have to make it ready to use at least with some amount of functionality.

[@ryanriddell8376]

Hey, if you're going to be painfully accurate, please don't do it on a Monday! I'm actually in the valley of despair right now. However, I'm committed to seeing it through. I did some painful work this weekend.

[@ryanriddell8376]

Saw it through

[@fabianvieri1907]

This is so me 😂😅

[@zindev]

Same boat 🛶

[@greendsnow]

Write the scope of the project and create pseudo code with checkboxes from start to finish. And check each item as you go on. THENNNN go through the detailed items you have created.

[@legend_749]

give me some ideas for the projects in react. Projects should not include clone projects.

[@yelchat]

Thank you

[@MasterQim]

on point 💯

[@hqasmei]

Well said! 100%. Sticking to one thing and building it out fully is the best thing to do.

[@RuiFernandes5]

Just at the right time Josh, thanks for the eye-opening video!

[@najmulhasan5997]

❤❤❤

[@neociber24]

I get anxiety if I don't finish a side project, I finish them but almost never share them lol

[@ilkergonenc6591]

yeah for sure, that's definitely another solid problem I also have when I manage to finish a side project :D

[@breezycodes]

😢 story of my life

[@maxtsh]

awesome advices Josh

[@mhm-dzaky]

bang

[@apteryx]

fr

[@enza9189]

best wishes Josh! i really enjoy watching your videos, even tho i write in jsx, and you are in tsx, I somehow manage to understand react and next + ts as bonus)

[@RegalWK]

well said Josh