Single Development: Learning to give up perfection

The author began to develop his application to create not just an application, but "that app" without which you do not imagine your life. He started creating a landing page, paying excess attention to every design details. However, the author confessed that excessive attention to the details prevented him from moving forward.

The reality of solo development is that no one will tell you when to stop and focus on the main. The most important thing for users is a work application that solves their problems, not the little things of design. 🧠

The author argues that excessive attention to detail, uncertainty about UI and perfectionism are the main reasons why he spends more time than necessary. 📌

• 📌 Even if you have the best idea for the app, you will never make it perfect until you start receiving feedback on it.
• 📌 Instead of absoluts, you should work with hypotheses. Formulate the statement, describe how you are going to check it and then start it.
• 📌 Acceptance of your strengths and weaknesses at the beginning will help you avoid the trap that you can do everything yourself.
• 📌 Start with small, start and allow users to manage the product development.

The essence of the concept of a minimal viable product (MVP) is that you create a basic version of your technically working idea and go to users with it. 💡

The author learned to ask himself the question: "What would be this project if it was easy to build?" And this helped him focus on solving the real problems of users. 🚀

It is important to understand that programming is not only about writing code, but also about decision making. It is important to decide whether a function will become part of your code, not just how to write this function. ⚡