It doesn’t have to be perfect.
It doesn’t have to be practical.
It doesn’t have to be useful or monetizable.
It doesn’t have to be spectacular, extraordinary, or even original.

Make stuff because you want to. Simply for the joy of making it.

(This is mostly a reminder to myself, to banish all these intrusive self-criticisms. But maybe you need it too.)

@gregly Very well said, I heartily agree.

@gregly literally the only motivation behind the two apps I’m currently building is “well I wanted to use them”

They’re literally task and weather apps, some of the most basic apps you can build, but they’re built the way I want them to work

Can I monetize it later on? Sure, but I’m just building the thing I wanted to use, if other people like it, that’s cool, but it’s for me

@gregly
Thanks for saying what I have been feeling for a long time.

I like to fix things, it make me feel good and that is all that it takes to make me want to do it again.
Plus I collect tools:-)

When was the last time you spent 50$ in tools to fix a 20$ item:-)

@gregly Thanks for the motivation bud, really needed it 🥹
@gregly Thanks! That's how #IzzyOnDroid started, more than 8 years ago. The only point we maybe meet today is (hopefully) being practical for many of you. We're not perfect, spectacular etc, and we're not exactly overrun with money (though I wish I could make this fulltime, it's still not even paid part-time – but it's a hobby, (albeit a very time consuming) so this should be OK…)
@gregly This is exactly why xe 3D scanned a surprise mystery toilet and turned it into a zine entry last week.
@gregly print it and stick it on your desk, mate
@DarkestKale Ooh! You know, I could make plaques and sell them WAIT NO STOP THAT BRAIN STOP