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Re:Ask HN: How to finish last 30% of a side project? by emehex on Friday July 19, 2024 @04:05PM (#41010539)
Unfortunately, it's usually the case that the last 10/20/30% of a side project takes 90% of the work.
Re:Ask HN: How to finish last 30% of a side project? by Therenas on Friday July 19, 2024 @04:41PM (#41010937)
Yeah this is exactly it, you might think you are close but you actually just started, and the actual work is still to come.

Whether you want to push through the initial honeymoon phase, where you are done with the fun part that you started the project for, and do all the rest around it that makes it an actual 'product', is up to you.

Re:Ask HN: How to finish last 30% of a side project? by eddyzh on Friday July 19, 2024 @05:23PM (#41011466)
This is my experience too. For any of my day job projects. Which is the best explanation to your title question