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Notes on starting fewer projects and finishing the ones you start.
How to Stop Starting New Side Projects
Starting is easy and finishing is rare. A look at why side projects stall, and the one constraint that fixes it: allowing yourself a single active project at a time.
The 14 Day Rule for Side Project Ideas
Make every new idea wait two weeks before you are allowed to start it. Most will not survive, and the ones that do are worth your evenings.
Write a Definition of Done Before You Start
A side project with no finish line cannot be finished. One sentence, written before the first commit, is what turns a project into something that can end.
How to Kill a Side Project Without Guilt
Abandoned projects quietly rot. Killed projects teach you something. The difference is one line of writing, and it changes how the next project goes.