Ask HN: Best trick for your side project?

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If you work on a side project, what has been the best tip / trick that you use that you are glad you had knowledge of?

In context, this could be a library, a devops practice, a traction process etc.

build a landing page first. Helps focus the pitch and put yourself in customers shoes. If you can't hone your pitch to a question or exclamation, tag line and three benefits with a couple bullets each its going to be a hard sell. example, http://www.bid2mow.com/

Read The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss

I would also add

Traction by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares

and

Will It Fly by Patt Flynn

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