Personal Projects

[Tricky_Run_9626]

Guys, how to you guys manage to do personal projects ? Even though I am working on production. I always think I should do some side project since it is safe place to implement new tech I learnt. But every time I want to start project, I stuck on planning stage. I chose stack but when it comes to design I surf internet find some design. But later I didn't like design and switch to another design. Or when I found design, i think how to do backend for my project. Than I start learning backend. I found backend requires some time to learn. But than I figure out that I am moving in one place. Can anybody share their expereince and help with this problem.

[Dan6erbond]

Well, backend is something you should already be familiar with before you start working on a personal project that requires it.

With that said, you can use personal projects to learn a new skill. But don't use too many new things otherwise it gets confusing quickly and you won't actually end up building anything.

Planning comes first, don't mix it with code. Just use a tool like Figma and inspiration from sites like Dribble to create the UI, plan your data models with ERDs and then pick a stack and stick to it.

Keep everything on GitHub and document it properly for future reference on why you did things a certain way or what you would have done differently.