Day 871 - Shipping fast, staying last - https://golifelog.com/posts/shipping-fast-staying-last-1684667617547
It had been a fruitful and fufilling side project weekend! Launched 2 features for Lifelog:
- Typing sounds to improve productivity and writing experience.
- Placeholder text shows goal reminders as writing prompts.
This energizing experience really shined light on how being able to ship fast is such a key part of the motivation equation for indie hackers.
You get the dopamine rush of building something quickly and launching it out into the wild.
You get the satisfaction and fulfilment of using it yourself, or seeing your customers use it almost immediately.
You discover gaps and erros, and areas of improvements quickly, leading to an iterative build-launch-tweak virtuous loop.
You feel productive that tangible outputs were delivered.
You get more motivated and inspired by the fast feedback loops.
You had fun. That's the most important part.
Previously I didn't ship anything much for Lifelog for 2 years, and with that, the motivation also stagnated. Now, I look forward to every weekend when I get to ship something new, something fun. And there's an ensuing boost of fresh creative energy that spills over to everything else.
The end result is being able to sustain the long indie journey, to play the long game, to outlast.
Shipping fast, staying last.
- Typing sounds to improve productivity and writing experience.
- Placeholder text shows goal reminders as writing prompts.
This energizing experience really shined light on how being able to ship fast is such a key part of the motivation equation for indie hackers.
You get the dopamine rush of building something quickly and launching it out into the wild.
You get the satisfaction and fulfilment of using it yourself, or seeing your customers use it almost immediately.
You discover gaps and erros, and areas of improvements quickly, leading to an iterative build-launch-tweak virtuous loop.
You feel productive that tangible outputs were delivered.
You get more motivated and inspired by the fast feedback loops.
You had fun. That's the most important part.
Previously I didn't ship anything much for Lifelog for 2 years, and with that, the motivation also stagnated. Now, I look forward to every weekend when I get to ship something new, something fun. And there's an ensuing boost of fresh creative energy that spills over to everything else.
The end result is being able to sustain the long indie journey, to play the long game, to outlast.
Shipping fast, staying last.