Ask HN: How many side-projects did you start but no longer want to work on

8 points·wanghq··9 comments

I started two last year, and gave up one of them. I am feeling/seeing that other people have a similar situation, so I started another project (ex-prj.com) few days ago to collect project people no longer want to work on.

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One. A google maps mashup with adds that would show you every trout fishery in the UK, and let you have directions to it.

I got it more or less functional, but gave up when I a) realised I didn't fancy typing in all the addresses, and b) found other sites that already did similar.

Still, it was a good learning experience.

At least you tried. That is a good start. It's normal that startups/side-projects fail fast, the successful ones are only few of them, so keep trying and think more about what you will be building.

Here is what I did: 1) build something useful, at least, to myself. Even no one uses it, it's ok. 2) try not to spend too much (time, money...) on the project unless it's needed. ex-prj.com is powered by tumblr. I couldn't believe that I can achieve that without coding.

there are some apps by which you can build some mock apps. You can show your mock apps to friends to get some ideas. If enough people say it's not that great, probably you can stop.

I started two, and now working on third. Previous two are closed. This time I am hoping to continue. I am not marketing guy. Getting problems in dealing with people.

Made newsinamap.com A google maps mashup with RSS feeds from reuters. Stoped working after finding other similar projects

would you mind submitting it to my ex-prj.com? hopefully people interested in your prj can contact you.

All of them haha

ex-prj.com is a cool idea, I like it.

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