I got obstinate by the "Don't build hoping for interest" mantra from Justin Jackson.
Relentlessly thinking about it got me to apply for Greg Isenberg's first CommunityCollege session.
I already knew his article about unbundling Reddit, and I was using it as part of my job.
This is where I realized that it was not that easy to apply this technique. I started helping other students in my cohort - and here it is -- on Indie Hacker.