My project crossed 90+ stars on Github - here's what I learned

All of my ideas were failing 🪡🧵

I was losing my confidence.

That's why I decided to build an open-source project.

My project Easy UI - https://www.easyui.pro/ recently crossed 90 stars & 15k+ visitors in 30 days.

I can certainly say that my confidence has boosted.

After all, it's my first open-source project to reach this level.

Here are some things I noticed while building Easy UI 👇🏻

Building gets boring + repetitive after a certain time. No matter how boring it is, stick with it.

Most people avoid boring stuff & lose consistency.

Please know boring stuff is equally important. Everything starts becoming normal + boring after a certain time. Stop running and face it.

Keep showing up. No matter what, make at least one GitHub commit a day — you won't realize it, but this will improve your persistence.

Stay in the present + don't get overwhelmed. Thinking about the future will make you anxious, and the past is history, so keep all the learnings from the past and start taking action.

Storytelling is important. People must relate to what you say.

People will only read if you have something interesting to say + the things you say must come from your product-building experiences (don't share fake stories; be honest).

Founder Mode 👇🏻

When it comes to hiring — pay for the resources/tools. Don't hire until you're ready & have the utmost need for people to do your work.

It's easier to manage resources than people.

Ideas 💡

Boring ideas make money!!

E.g., website templates, directories, boilerplates, image generation tools...

Boring ideas assure us that the product already has market fit.

Yes, there will be competition, but with good quality + value, you can start monetizing your product.

And lastly, but most importantly:

HAVE A MENTOR, TONS OF INSPIRATION, and read motivational books because you need as much motivation + inspiration as you can get.

Most of my products failed because of the negative thinking barrier & lack of inspiration.

If you like what i am building then please don't forget to leave a star on the Easy UI GitHub Repo. Your one star 🌟 will make my whole week.

Comments

[tcarson]

Very Nice work...may have to help and pick it up...busy road ahead.

[Kathan Mehta]

haha LFGGG🔥

[Grëg Häris]

woah. I just check out the repo. Great work and also great tip .

Having a mentor is what I need to add to my learning journey.

Thanks for sharing.

[Kathan Mehta]

Thanks Greg !!

Yes, mentors are very imp !!

[Bridget Amana]

'Stay in the present + don't get overwhelmed' - really love this advice

[Kathan Mehta]

yesss, we often get overwhelmed and start allocating time to useless stuff. its important to stay in present and keep reflecting to stay on the productive track :)