The latest articles on DEV Community by Johnny Builds (@johnnybuilds). https://dev.to/johnnybuilds https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F2318177%2F9d9abc50-5d0e-4060-adf7-7236876738b1.png https://dev.to/johnnybuilds en Johnny Builds Fri, 01 Nov 2024 00:36:07 +0000 https://dev.to/johnnybuilds/starting-from-scratch-8o8 https://dev.to/johnnybuilds/starting-from-scratch-8o8 <p>I’m a web dev who’s been at it for a long time. My career has been successful. Back in the day, I was somewhat well known(-ish) with a couple moderately popular open source projects. I even gave a few conference talks. I dialed back from that as I spent years heads down at a couple different startups as they were scaling.</p> <p>These days, I’ve got a great full-time gig at a company I find inspiring. I’m not looking to change that, but… I do get restless.</p> <p>Lately, I’ve been compelled by a new idea for building side projects:</p> <p><em>What if I started over?</em></p> <p>Clean slate. New email. New website. New Github. New socials. New everything.</p> <p>Start from scratch with a fresh identity. Build whatever catches my interest. For fun. In public.</p> <p>What will I make? Will anyone be interested? Where will it lead?</p> <p><em>Time to find out…</em></p> <p>I’m going to document everything, from the very beginning. Zero projects. Zero audience.</p> <p><strong>Let’s cook!</strong></p>