How To Get Started

I strongly believe that it's by discussing with other people that you learn the most.
I want to discuss with as many people as I can. Ideally, people who build. Indiehackers is an endless pit of inspiring creators.
I reached out to a few of them and they agreed to be interviewed.
I interviewed Victor that I met here on Indiehackers. He built Pingr.io and has a lot to share.

You can read his interview here

https://howtogetstarted.co/2020/11/09/interview-of-victor-the-creator-of-pingr-io/

Part of what I want to achieve is to help people find the right tool as easily as possible.
When I tried to create a newsletter a while back, I couldn't find easily what were the easy options. As such I started coding the system from scratch (from scratch as in Ruby on Rails backend and React front end). This a perfect example of getting lost in the details instead of starting to do.

Needless to say this project never came to life (I'm still not 100% familiar with dealing with the smtp protocol with ROR).

In order to help people out (and myself), I created a list of resources for different types of projects. This list is alive and I will add to it continuously (suggestions welcome).

You can find it here: https://howtogetstarted.co/resources/

None of those links are sponsored or affiliated (I wish a few of them were though - Indiehackers, wink wink ;)).
But I selected them either because I used them or because they were recommended by people I trust.

My end goal is to have sufficient suggestions to help with most use cases.

Part of what I want to achieve is to help people find the right tool as easily as possible.
When I tried to create a newsletter a while back, I couldn't find easily what were the easy options. As such I started coding the system from scratch (from scratch as in Ruby on Rails backend and React front end). This a perfect example of getting lost in the details instead of starting to do.

Needless to say this project never came to life (I'm still not 100% familiar with dealing with the smtp protocol with ROR).

In order to help people out (and myself), I created a list of resources for different types of projects. This list is alive and I will add to it continuously (suggestions welcome).

You can find it here: https://howtogetstarted.co/resources/

None of those links are sponsored or affiliated (I wish a few of them were though - Indiehackers, wink wink ;)).
But I selected them either because I used them or because they were recommended by people I trust.

My end goal is to have sufficient suggestions to help with most use cases.

Today, I finally launched a project I had in mind for a while. I created How To Get Started.
The idea of my project is to share the experience of people working on their projects.

I heard a lot of people feeling overwhelmed and doubting themselves ahead of starting a project, getting lost in the details like selecting the technology, and spending time on low added-value tasks.

With How To Get Started I want to share the stories of people who are doing. Why they are doing it, how and for whom. I want to show that getting started is not that complicated (the complications come soon after though!). I also want to show projects' progress by keeping in touch with the builders of the projects I look into.

Feel free to roam at https://howtogetstarted.co and if you are interested in sharing your story, please reach out!

Thank you!