How not to be afraid to build in public?

Edit this post and describe something you've worked on recently. I'm serious. Start small.

This has to be the most common response. Everyone who has opened their code to the public has felt this way. Software is a deeply personal form of expression. There are endless solutions to a problem and the way you chose to solve it can speak volumes about you and your skill level. It’s natural to be nervous about your approach. https://techzpod.com/ https://get-mobdrovip.com

Just expect zero reaction at the beginning and trust that it's completely fine. We all need to start somewhere. I started a build-in-public challenge last week with zero followers. I started tweeting and writing blog posts and then the first followers, well, followed.

You can always start with the things you're most interested in, so it's easier to share/write about (you can just repeat them later when you have a larger audience). It's a bit of screaming into the void in the beginning, but it gets easier the more you share and the larger your audience grows. You'll also get plenty of feedback along the way if you ask for it to help you improve.

If just getting started with sharing, reduce as much friction to writing as possible.
Which probably means keeping it small and don't fret the details.

Start posting little tidbits on Twitter for instance, no need to think about a blog, theme and longform articles.

When you "hit" a subject you really like and can easily expand on, write a longer post. Again, keep it simple, like a post on Indie Hackers or maybe medium.

You can start a blog on your own domain etc, but make sure you create content first, otherwise you risk spending too much time on non-important stuff.

I would suggest to just get started with giving updates on what you worked, where you had success, where did you fail.

Once you do it for some time, you will
realise people are quite cooperative and you will recieve a lot of help as well.

What motivates you to build in public?

I just gradually started writing blog posts, and later video. The confidence comes after doing.

Remember that very few people will see your first posts, so it's okay if they're not that great. You'll get better as you write or record more content.

At some point you'll probably get nasty comments. If it's a customer service issue, then do your best. If it's some armchair critic who will never buy, then try not to take it personally, and don't get defensive. It's a reflection of them, not you.

Some people were furious when ZitaFTP was released, and they discovered the price. How dare I charge more than a coffee + donut for software that took many hundreds to thousands of hours to write! To this day, every video about ZitaFTP gets at least one dislike within a week or two. Probably from the same sad individual. Meanwhile, I have happy customers and people who like watching/reading my posts.