Wow, what an awesome read. I gained a lot of insight from the points on prioritizing the order in which features are built, and on striving less for perfectionism when starting out.

Feel's like someone just gave me a re-orientation and a guide out of some traps I've been walking into. Strong points here.

Thank you, Michael!

Excellent article, I especially like the point you made about starting by building out the riskiest, hardest part that provides the most value.

It's better to fail fast if you realize what you thought was valuable is not something people care about.

I would fall into the same trap when building side-projects, where I'd start with busywork such as authentication, user management, settings, etc. procrastinating the hard/unclear stuff. That's a surefire way to get overwhelmed.