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Many developers start side projects with enthusiasm but abandon them before completion due to common patterns: chasing too many ideas simultaneously, overengineering from the start, perfectionism, lack of deadlines, and burnout from treating projects like hackathons. The solution involves focusing on one project at a time, keeping initial implementations simple, setting clear definitions of 'done', creating external accountability through public commitments, and working consistently in small increments rather than marathon sessions.

Developers have a problem with side projects

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Guilty. Good video and it’s spot on.

With AI Vibe coding, side projects loses it values.
Don’t waste time on side projects. Instead focus on System Design and architecture.

Not only that, but vibe coding is now the tutorial hell in my opinion. I agree that vibe coding can be beneficial for quick prototyping, but it is too easy for people to fall in the trap of depending on ai and vibe coding too much pointing them in vibe coating hell and not really absorbing and learning what is required to maintain a professional project.

I have had a few side projects over the years of course, but not out of control I don’t think.
For the most part, I have been working on a total of 3 to 4 for over 7 years which are all related to the same end goal which are:
<ol>
<li><a href="https://github.com/KinsonDigital/Velaptor" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://github.com/KinsonDigital/Velaptor</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/KinsonDigital/casl" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://github.com/KinsonDigital/casl</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/KinsonDigital/carbonate" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://github.com/KinsonDigital/carbonate</a></li>
</ol>
The first 2 years when everything was still exploration and semi-prototype, I was hopping around and off and on with the projects, but then I decided to go full on and stick with the projects, and it has had its difficulties, but it has been enjoyable.
I have not gotten a dime in donations, and it has been difficult but I can’t give up. Balancing personal things such as client work, moving to another country, deaths in the family, and more have been a challenge for sure. But for some reason I keep pushing forward and I can’t get myself to abandon the project, nor do I want to.
Onward to another day!!
<a href="https://docs.velaptor.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://docs.velaptor.io</a>

So much agree with you! And add to that platforms like Lovable, Bolt and what not, bunch of them, now allow you to get those projects in a wink, so, you can keep inventing new stuff, its really easying the planning and development phases so much, even deployment if the content is somehow static, even with serverless, things are getting easier. I have like 555 projects abandoned that I started hahaha, thanks for the feeling that we are not alone on this haha &lt;3