Shortage of ideas? Well, no.
Thoughts on the working on new ideas impulsively, and how to handle your impulse.
A decade of running Skcript taught me many things. One such thing is the universal fact that we don't lack ideas. We lack people who can bring those ideas into reality.
Software is intangible. You’re shaping thought into something you can see and touch, translating what’s in your head into electrons dancing on a screen. It sounds magical, but it’s brutally hard.
Early ideas are fragile. Unclear. Full of doubts. To bring these frafile thoughts to reality, you need people who can believe in those ideas, and shape them, simplify them into clear products.
At Skcript, the biggest leaps didn’t come from big plans. They came from staying close to the problem, moving fast, and doing the hard, unsexy work when no one was watching.
This is why I started writing down ideas instead of chasing them impulsively.
Today, I am confident that any idea I take for execution from my stash, can be shipped with taste, speed, and resilience.
That has become my personal moat these days, and I can't wait to see how it will evolve over the years.