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Discussion on: How do you deal with half-finished projects?

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Michael Currin

I use github issues as my todo list. I feel overwhelmed by all the things I could do to improve the project and I don't know how to do them yet so I get down the intention and maybe a link or screenshot (like for a web component). Then I hope I'll come back to it one day and pick it up.

Sometimes I give up because my interests have moved on and I keep a repo as a record of what I made and how I made it.

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Michael Currin

Oh and Trello is also nice for building up ideas of projects that I might build one day and there is no repo yet. I links and todo items.

Planning a project before coding it is a a great practice anyway, so you know what obstacles you'll have. And if you pause halfway so you can do something else, you can come back to your plan or someone can pick it up.

But keep the plan flexible - allow for uncertainties to me figured out and the change to change as needs change.