I built something for 5 months and was too scared to tell anyone about it
I spent almost last 5 months building a side project , it was a real pain I had to deal with and everything was working -> payments work, core features were a little bit rough around the edges but working fine like 99% of the time.
But then I just ... like froze. I couldn't tell anyone about it even my friends who are the actual target users. I could not mention anything about it. I was deliberately procrastinating to distract myself from actually talking to people.
After a lot of self-reflection and spending time alone without doomscrolling or reading other people's success stories.
I realized the actual problem. i was terrified. what if it breaks for someone. what if they hate it. what if people don't like the features, what if all this hardwork does nothing for them , what if it's not working around the globe, let me add just one more feature , one little tweak , for some reason i genuinely cannot digest the idea of someone having a bad experience with something i poured months into.
The project just sat there. zero users except me. fully built. but nowhere could you find about this tool even existing.
Today I finally reached out to one other person having the exact pain on reddit and he actually tried it and gave me my first real feedback. and I am so happy about it finally feel a little bit of relief. but still a long way to go.
anyone else ever been completely paralyzed like this? how did you actually get over it and start telling people?
btw if you're learning German and struggle with reading comprehension or want to read a lot of German according to your level -> that's what i built. immerread.com would genuinely love some honest feedback. Thank you. you can be brutal.