Yeah I agree it should be faster. Not sure why it's this slow but will have a look.
One more thing regarding todo. I usually add todos in the "pending todos" page. It would be great if that page is updated when I'm done adding todo, so I could start prioritizing. Currently I have to refresh the page to see the added todo.
Hope that makes sense. 🙂
I really enjoyed SideProject Book when it came out 8 years ago. There's a few dozen interviews with indie solo founders.
That said, I wouldn't recommend it buying it now. You can get the same type of content for free on Indie Hackers these days.
Getting Real by Basecamp was very insightful when it came out as well. It's even older (14 years!) but it's a free download and I think it aged well. So worth a look.
You might like Basecamp's other books as well.
I wonder if a personal streak makes much sense though?
I think at that point product-specific streaks are more useful. So you can earn a streak for going to the gym regularly. But of course, having to do so daily would probably be too much for most people.
We could make those product-specific streaks customisable as they are more personal by definition anyway. You could just set your own goal (e.g. every other day). But then it's starting to sound quite convoluted.
Anyway. Adding a way to mark products as personal and not have them count towards the streak might get us most of the way there.
The majority of community interaction still happens in the chat. But me and @Jankeesvw are actively developing the website to facilitate it here as well.
The chat is great, but can be distracting and sometimes hard to follow. The website allows us for deeper interactions like this Q&A.
It seems like the notification system already works well to notify you when something relevant to you happened. So you post a question, someone answers. You get a notification email. That prompts you to check out their answer and perhaps reply to it. Which then sends them a notification email, etc.
That works well, because you already check your email inbox multiple times per day. And the emails are (hopefully) always relevant because they pertain to you personally and are actionable (e.g. we don't email you when someone likes your comment, because that's nothing you can act on)
But there's still the issue of getting people to the website in the first place. To post that question here. And to see what other people are up to.
For that we're experimenting with a weekly community digest sent via email. And also making the homepage more interesting to you by letting you follow specific individuals rather than every single WIP member.
We still have a long way to go though. Any suggestions are more than welcome.
Yeah those those are fun, but also have their downsides. Basecamp wrote a great article about it: Introducing Boosts: an all-new way to show your support in Basecamp
Their approach is quite interesting too. I prototyped it for WIP, but eventually settled on regular comments.
But it's definitely something we can explore. We could have one type of reaction (👏), multiple types (e.g. 👏 😍 😢 🎉), or allow any emoji like Slack has:
Sometimes the motivation and flow only comes after you start. I find this the case for shipping as well.
If I don’t feel like working or notice myself procrastinating, then just shipping something small usually gets the ball rolling. The key is to keep it small. Something you can ship before your self discipline is depleted.
As you ship more and more you build more motivation and start to get into the flow.
Side note: if you’re not able to get into a good flow, maybe it’s just not a good time. It’s important to take care of ourselves mentally and physically. So try not to be too hard on yourself if you’re not feeling productive. Take a walk. Prepare some food. Blow off some steam. Of course keep it within reason (for me watching TV during work time is a no-no, but a walk or reading is fine).