Comment by orangethirty | Hacker News Reader

Comment by orangethirty | Hacker News Reader

A lot of the programmers/devs/engineers I talk to don't ship much code. They just re-work some existing code base to add X or Y feature. These people don't have a clue to what it takes to design something from the bottom up and hammer it into something that resembles the original idea. Shipping code, which is my favorite passtime, is just damn difficult. Not because the code itself is hard. No. Its because we procrastinate, change our minds, focus on early optimization, decide to to talk to others about it, and just do everything expect shipping the damn thing.

That is why you shoul dno tcall your project crappy. Hell no. You went ahead and shiped something. You started a project and saw it through. You know how many people go through life without ever finishing something? A lot! But you managed to do something. And to be honest, it is quite handy. Its is a nice project that could be setup on an intranet so people would stop using email attachments to keep track of their todos.

Keep hacking and shipping. Good luck.

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Do you mind listing your email on your profile? I'd like to get in touch with you.

This is good to read. I am one of the people you alude to who come up with countless ideas, start any number of proejcts, but never get through to shipping anything at all.

I think this sentiment will help me to Just Do It™

For every personal project that I start three to four are left unfinished. Though this does not apply to professional work, where I have a perfect record. I deliver. Always. :) But unfinished projects are good too. They always contribute to our skills and are a good way to learn new stuff.

As long as you keep hacking, there is no way you wont ship.

Thanks for the comment, I never for a moment expected anyone on HN to react positivity about the app so comments like yours are a real confidence booster.

You can get in touch with me through twitter (@steveify), or uk.linkedin.com/pub/stephen-claridge/4/219/934

I don't use Twitter, nor do I have linkedin. But thanks for taking the time to answer.

Will you be opening the source for the project? Seems a lot of people want to see how it works.

Good for you, OP (site is down so I can't try your app at the moment).

orangethirty: as someone who is learning programming and trying to ship something as well (but running into the difficulties you alluded to), your post is very encouraging.

It's really encouraging to see someone ship something despite all the doubts. I agree with parent and find this really encouraging.

I've built a similar prototype as well, but just kept it locked up because honestly I was afraid to really put it out there since I shared the same doubts.

So to get past that fear I'm just going to put it out there. http://app.iammako.com

I went there and found a log in wall. Why do that if you want me to test it out? Make the demo work without me having to register. Email me when you do that and Ill poke around the app and give you some feedback. I liked the background in the log in page, though.

Sorry about that. I made the app so that you can organize your todos into projects (so more of a pm app), and invite others to work with you on projects. What I could try and do is just set it up so you're logged into a test account by default to poke around.

I'll let you know when I've taken care of that. Thanks for showing interest!

Thank you. Keep hacking. Don't stop because you somehow feel less of a hacker for whatever reason. Shipping is what we (aspire to) do. So get over the fears and dont look back. Let me know if I ca nbe of assitance. Email in my profile.

Thanks. I really appreciate it.

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