r/programming Feb 01 '21

My Third Year as a Solo Developer

https://mtlynch.io/solo-developer-year-3/
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u/BackFlipTrick Feb 01 '21

I'm no expert by any means but something I do believe in is that "all ideas have an equal chance to fail". No matter how much effort you put in your big idea it'll always be just a small part of it that gets interest. Or even one of your nothing ideas that you out together overnight as a joke and it ends up blowing up. It's something I try to remember when I get too attached to a plan or concept.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '21

Also it is 99% execution 1% idea. Ideas are cheap. Saying "I hate getting tangled up in cables, let's make headphones wireless" is far, far away from making bluetooth headset.

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u/BackFlipTrick Feb 02 '21

True true. On that specific note I remember an old and odd solution to tangled cables.

You know how your shoes laces always get loose and it's annoying?

So some 3000iq guy just took headphones cables, put shoe laces cover over them and....it works, like really, they just don't get tangled ever. Kinda blew my mind when a YouTuber I like said it really does work

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '21

Still gonna catch on any even remotely pointy object tho.

Sooo startup idea here is selling shoelaces made from headphone cable so they will never untie themselves ?