[Ask IH] Self-taught programmers, what were your biggest pain points before launching your product?

How to identify and fix server issues before they bring your site down.

Example: My server disk space recently filled, and I stupidly had no alerting or monitoring in place to want me before it bombed.

It’s so easy to get in place, but also easy to miss or forget if you’ve not been stung before as a self taught developer.

1. Why should I use XYZ testing framework, why do I need tests anyway
2. Why should I write clean code if I'm the only one who's going to manage it
3. Why do i need to learn all these design patterns how is it going to make my dev faster

We look for Mentors....There are so many aspect to releasing a software like taking care of security, coding standards, usability, user interface etc. that it is difficult to complete it all. We look for mentors who can guide people like us on how to release software products.