This sentence from the last Next.js conference really stood out:
“First do it. Then do it right. Then do it better.”
There’s so much to learn from this. The main challenge many face is the fear of starting something they don’t fully understand. But the truth is that we can’t learn or grow if we don’t take that first step.
It doesn’t have to be perfect from the start. Progress happens by starting, learning, and improving with each iteration.
This life framework is something everyone should try, as it encourages growth in every area.

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The key message from a Next.js conference highlights the importance of starting projects even without full understanding, learning through the process, and improving iteratively. Embracing this approach can lead to personal and professional growth across various areas.

First do it. Then do it right. Then do it better.

ahhh, i see my problem. i have all these extra-steps such as: doing it wrong, making it worse, and getting distracted.

This is a reinterpretation mainly by Dennis Ritchie and Donald Knuth:
First, solve the problem, then write the code.
and
The lifecycle of a software feature is that in the first implementation is learning about the problem statement, then in the second iteration implementing the solution, and finally, in the third iteration improving performance by rewriting the code to be simple.

Agreed. I didn’t wanted to design a landing page because I suck at it. I only thought what my father says “Just do it as you can.” and I somehow designed a very simple responsive navbar (yeah, shadcn sheet for mobile navbar ofcourse!). Next, I basically quit because I had no idea for how should the Hero section be designed.
I somehow designed the hero section, but now there were layout issues. Somehow I was about to quit, but I thought that I could create a post in the TailwindCSS discord forums and yess! – within a hour someone replied me with a solution. Didn’t work but he continued to help me and I got it fixed. Now the hero section was looking good, enough!
Then I had no ideas for the next sections. Like 8 more sections needed and I had 0 ideas. Exactly when I was about to give up again, but then I thought about v0.dev. I combined ChatGPT and v0.dev - ChatGPT for writing prompts and the titles &amp; descriptions and suggesting the layout of the sections to make them unique, v0.dev for implementing them. And they both were producing nice, good-enough results!
Then I updated all code to use my custom components (custom &lt;Button&gt; instead of shadcn button), animate with framer motion on scroll and etc. The completed result is damn great.
I was giving up before starting it. It didn’t took more than 6 hours (I’m just telling you more I’m sure) to completely build. Still, somehow, I did made it.
Not going to post the link here but if you wish I can dm it on the discord!

I found this quote so good that I put it up on my whiteboard!! Thanks for sharing 💖💖

Yeah i don’t have that luxury, i start something then my comes boss in and says this needed to be done 30 mins ago :(