Side Project Developer: Expectations vs. Reality

The eternal delusions of every developer who thinks they're the next Zuckerberg. We've all been there – fueled by energy drinks and hubris, building that revolutionary app that's basically just a todo list with extra steps.

The "I'll sleep when it's launched" guy hasn't seen his bed since Obama was president, while Mr. "Cutting-edge Stack" is just throwing every framework he read about on Hacker News into a tech soup that would make even the most patient senior dev quit on the spot.

And my personal favorite – the "just one more feature" syndrome. That's how your simple weather app somehow ends up with a built-in cryptocurrency, social network, and dating platform. Meanwhile, your GitHub is a graveyard of half-finished repos that haven't been touched since 2018.