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Re:Managing my motivation as a solo dev by thefaux on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @02:18PM (#40588401)
"Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. If you wait around for the clouds to part and a bolt of lightening to strike you in the brain, you are not going to make an awful lot of work. All the best ideas come out of the process; they come out of the work itself." ― Chuck Close

Close is a complicated person but the quote holds up.

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Re:Managing my motivation as a solo dev by CuriouslyC on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @02:29PM (#40588554)
Showing up and getting to work is a great mantra for people who already have traction. For people that aren't, that's a recipe for burnout, as you need space and time to keep pushing in the face of uncertain returns.
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