Comment by joshstrange

I think this is great advice and something I have to keep re-learning over and over.

I have the same problem with programming side projects. Almost every personal project of mine that failed was because I tried to make it "scalable" or solve silly problems (like potential abuse) before I had even 1 customer (myself).

Similarly I can get very hamstrung when I start writing a blog post then get caught up in how it will be received, how I can make it more interesting for others, what if I'm wrong, etc. Not that those things aren't important, they are, but I get hung up on that way too early in the process. The number of blog post drafts that are 2-3 paragraphs long before I gave up because I was swamped with trying to make it "perfect" is high.

I know I'm not a great writer, and that's not really my goal, but I'll never get better without practice and that include publishing.

I know how many of my projects and blog post never saw the light of day because I was too scared to show off what I had done, I'm sure there are many other people out there in the same boat. It's sad to think of how many great ideas or projects exist on a single hard drive (or maybe in a private repo) all because someone is scared to put it out into the world.