Why I Started Building in Public
The story behind this podcast and why sharing my work openly — including the failures — has been the best decision I've made as a developer.
The pilot episode. Why I'm doing this, what you can expect, and the uncomfortable truth about why developers (including me) hide their work for too long.
Topics Covered
- What "building in public" actually means
- The fear of judgment and how to get past it
- Why shipping imperfect things beats polishing forever
- What this podcast will cover going forward
Show Notes
I spent three years building things in private. Good things, I think. But nobody knew they existed. I'd finish a project, push it to a GitHub repo, and move on to the next idea.
The turning point came when I posted a half-finished project on Twitter on a whim. The response wasn't "wow this is garbage." It was: "I've been trying to solve the same problem — can I help?"
That conversation led to a collaboration, which led to my first real open-source contribution with outside contributors. All from showing unfinished work.
This podcast is an extension of that experiment. I'm going to talk about what I'm building, why, how it's going, and what I'm learning — in real time, before I know how it ends.
Welcome aboard.