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Here's What's Preventing You From Finishing Projects

Zack Freedman · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Productivity & self-improvement3D printing, CNC & maker projects

What it is

Zack Freedman gives advice on why makers fail to finish projects, including scrapping bad ideas, showing work publicly and writing a plan that keeps projects fun. It is aimed at hardware DIY but generalizes.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN finds the project-scoping rubric useful for programmers too and recommends it on finishing side projects.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “Further similar reading/watching in some of my favorite Zack Freedman videos!”

    Favorite video on finishing projects and scoping.

    carb, 2023-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Finish Your Projects”

  2. “I found this video by Zach Freedman about finishing projects to be enlightening”

    Enlightening idea that deciding not to finish is a way to finish.

    jld, 2021-09 · Recommendation · in “A Tour of Grant Imahara’s Shop [video]”

  3. “the rubric he uses is sound for programmer-y stuff too”

    Project-finishing rubric applies beyond hardware to programming.

    rhizome, 2022-04 · Recommendation · in “The Joy of Small Projects”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: procrastination, project scoping, diy, motivation, maker

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