Ask HN: What do you do when you get bored from a “successful” side project?

Posted by ahmedfromtunis on Thursday July 27, 2017 @02:19PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm currently working on a (hobby-)side project that I started last March; It's already functional (since several versions back actually) and even deployed to our company's server where some of my colleagues are using it, since it solves some real world problems. (The legal part is all sorted out, no worries about that part.)

The product is 95% finished (some logging and error handling to do), and thought about turning it into a SaaS product, just to see how it would fare.

The problem is that I got bored. What's supposed to be done in a day, still unfinished a week later. Not because of some nasty bugs, or technical problems. It's just that I no longer that excited.

In such circumstances, what do you do?

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Re:Ask HN: What do you do when you get bored from a “success... by pickitupsnake on Thursday July 27, 2017 @02:52PM (#14868257)

If you are so close to finished, partner with someone to bring it to market. That will add some urgency.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you do when you get bored from a “success... by GrumpyNl on Thursday July 27, 2017 @02:41PM (#14868158)

Start another one and move one. It must be a challenge and giving you satisfaction. For me, every day i have to go to work with a smile, if not, i quickly move on. Life is to short.

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Re:Ask HN: What do you do when you get bored from a “success... by noomerikal on Thursday July 27, 2017 @02:49PM (#14868233)

sell it

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