“Trying to stop building giant apps and solve one real problem instead”

[deep drift]

I’ve realized I keep trying to build giant complex apps/systems that are cool in theory but way too big to realistically finish solo right now.

So now I’m trying to focus on smaller CRUD-ish apps/tools that:
solve an actually painful problem*
save real time*

**make sense as a product
aren’t just another GPT wrapper with a fancy UI 😭
**
I’ve been reading a lot about workflow friction/context switching/manual repetitive tasks lately, and it feels like THAT is where many real software opportunities are.
So I’m curious:

What part of your workflow genuinely wastes the most time or feels unnecessarily painful right now?

Could be:**

design
coding
editing
school/work
file management
research
communication
content creation
anything honestly

***And what have you tried already that still doesn’t fully solve it? ***

[hollow jay]

I find that the biggest time sinks for me are introducing additional features into my application that are essentially scope creep.

It is very easy to introduce net new functionality that truly does add value to your application but often the cost of it is delaying the core functionality release.

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The second time sink, which I would not consider wasteful, is refining the UI and UX behavior through iterative design/continually improving. That is a very tricky and long process that takes many iterations. I don't necessarily think it's a waste; however sometimes there's efficiency that could be gained in the design being higher fidelity in terms of conceptual understanding of experience from the get-go vs iterative.

[deep drift]

honestly this is something i’ve been realizing recently too 😭

especially the “features that genuinely add value but delay the core release” part because thats EXACTLY the trap i keep falling into while building stuff 💀

and yeah i also agree that refining UI/UX isnt really wasted time either especially for products where the workflow/experience itself is the product

trying really hard rn to focus more on:
core loop first
extra complexity later 👀🔥