I don't agree fully, I feel operating on conviction & purpose & intelligence has a place, is how many of the best things get built.

But absolutely some deep questions about who you are building for are essential. There was a good post yesterday[1] ostensibly about open source, & closed source, but the conclusion was really about assessing not just purpose but audience.

[1] https://writing.kemitchell.com/2022/02/12/Devs-Use-Closed-So... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30536825 (2 points, 14 hours, 1 comments)