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Discussion on: Ben's Five Keys to Creating a Successful Side Project

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Matt

Love this. Really resonate with the need to have something that is entirely your own. I wonder if it's because in my professional software job so many of the problems aren't tech problems, but more about convincing people about certain things. So it's nice to have a problem space that's purely technical.

Also, +1 on the API. Even in my everyday work when we're planning a new solution I always gravitate towards API first. It makes building the front-end easier and unlocks oppourtunities for the boundless creativity of our partner teams and customers. Of course many of my co-workers want to do the full-stack at once so it takes some convincing (which is one of those people challenges I mentioned earlier 🙃).