The infinite loop
I’m John. For years, I was stuck in a loop of productive procrastination. I fell into the trap of thinking that just writing code meant I was being productive. But the truth was, I was hiding. I was busy every single day, yet I had absolutely nothing to show for it.
- Buying domainsPurchasing the "perfect" domain for a new idea, getting a rush of accomplishment, and then letting it expire a year later without uploading a single file.
- Starting new projectsThe "New Project" Dopamine. Abandoning a project the moment it got difficult (or boring) just to chase the excitement of a fresh npm init and a new tech stack.
- Never deploying to live serverSpending months tweaking pixels in private, terrified to actually deploy, telling myself "it's just not ready yet."
- Chasing perfectionObsessing over minor details and endless refactoring, convinced that if I just got everything perfect, then I could finally launch.
- Endless learningConsuming tutorials and courses without applying them, using "learning" as an excuse to avoid the hard work of building and shipping.
Inverting the Process
To break the loop, I stopped relying on willpower and changed the system. Instead of building in the dark and deploying at the end, I flipped the script. I deploy the empty repository before I write a single line of feature code.
- Deploy "init"The moment the repo is created, it gets connected to the host. The first commit is always a live "Hello World".
- No HidingIf the production URL isn't working, I stop coding features until it is. The live site is the only truth.
- Ship ImperfectionI embrace the "Work in Progress" label. A broken site in production is worth infinitely more than a perfect site on localhost.
Current Mission: Project WaaS
Building local business websites as a service using Nuxt, Tailwind CSS, and Cloudflare.
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