I’m learning to stop falling in love with my own ideas

For a long time, I was more of a computer enthusiast than a builder.

I had many ideas, but programming always felt too difficult and far away. AI changed that. For the first time, I feel like I can actually turn ideas into something real.

But I’m also learning something important: being able to build is not the same as knowing what to build.

Recently, I started reading Indie Hackers stories and browsing Upwork jobs, not to sell anything, but to understand how real customers describe their problems. It has been eye-opening.

I noticed that many people say they want “an AI app,” but what they really want is to save time, get more leads, organize workflows, or reduce manual work. I also saw many big SaaS ideas with small budgets, which taught me how important scope and validation are.

Right now, I’m trying to move from being in love with my own ideas to paying more attention to real user pain points.

I don’t have a product to promote yet. I’m just documenting the journey and learning from people here.

For those of you who have built and launched products: how did you train yourself to understand customer pain points better?