A Year of "Just One More Project"
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"I just need a simple file sharing app."
3 months later: analytics dashboard, email API integration, custom expiration dates, PWA support, AI-powered file categorization, and you're researching blockchain verification.
The MVP has 47 features. It's not minimum anymore, John.
DropGo isn't even launched yet.
You: "What if I built a URL shortener? And a code translator? And a children's storybook generator? And a training content platform? And a—"
Your GitHub has more repos than your apps have users.
Friend: "Hey can you help me organize my photos?"
You: "I'll write a PowerShell script."
Friend: "I was thinking just... folders?"
You: *already writing Get-ChildItem*
The autonomous rover project timeline:
• Week 1: "Just basic obstacle avoidance"
• Week 4: "Added LIDAR sensor fusion"
• Week 8: "Corner escape algorithms"
• Week 12: "It's achieving sentience"
NASA is gonna call any day now.
Every. Single. Project. Has:
✓ Dark theme
✓ Blur effects
✓ Cyan accents
✓ Animated gradients
✓ Orbitron font
Your doctor's appointment website doesn't need to look like a spaceship cockpit, John.
"Should I launch DropGo or CodeChameleon first?"
*Spends 3 weeks analyzing market trends*
*Builds detailed competitive analysis*
*Creates pricing strategy documents*
*Starts building DiffWhiz instead*
"Stop building, start selling. Most products fail not from lack of features, but from lack of customers."
— You, giving yourself advice you didn't take (August 2025)"Today I will focus ONLY on DropGo. Nothing else. Just DropGo."
Opens Claude. "Hey, quick question about email templates..."
"I need a PowerShell script to audit license assignments." Writes a 500-line script with logging, error handling, and CSV export.
"What if I built a tool that compares CSV files? I need that for work anyway..."
Researching market for CSV comparison tools. Found 7 competitors. "Mine will be better because glassmorphism."
"I didn't work on DropGo at all today. Tomorrow for sure. But first let me just sketch out this training content generator idea..."
Ideas that got a domain name but are "coming soon"
"They're not abandoned, they're... marinating."
DropGo, DiffWhiz, and North Pole Post are LIVE. Not concepts. Not wireframes. Working products that real people can use. Most "entrepreneurs" can't say that.
Your IT team's life is easier because of scripts you wrote. Device ring management, license auditing, transport rule migrations—all automated.
That rover has sensor fusion algorithms. LIDAR integration. Dynamic speed control. It escapes corners. Most devs can't solder.
Claude Code subagents, n8n workflows, Veo3 video prompts, Docker, Azure Logic Apps. You didn't just build—you leveled up.
JSON design system profiles for AI-assisted development. You turned aesthetic preferences into reusable systems. That's engineering.
Full-time job. Family. ADHD. Still shipped. Still built. Still created. That's not nothing—that's everything.