The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Hiring Freelancers

After five years wrestling with my side project, I'm finally optimistic I'll ship it. How did I become optimistic? The short answer is money. The longer answer is indifference. The Journey. Since 2017 I've been working on a side project which I always intended to launch as a paid SaaS product. I matched every cliche about people bootstrapping their SaaS: - The code isn't clean enough - The UI isn't pixel perfect - The export feature doesn't work correctly - I need to completely refactor the entire app because I learned a new way to write a for loop... On at least two occasions I became so stressed out I had to take a break from working on it. On a side project! Here's how I finally got some momentum. Step 1: Hire a freelance developer You need help. You need a new perspective. Most importantly, you need indifference. Freelancers are hired to achieve a specific outcome. After achieving that outcome, they move on to the next project. They don't hav