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Andrew Schmelyun built a very cool side project. I don't dare to introduce this at Spatie.

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In this stream I share how Mattias Geniar and I started and are growing Oh Dear. Halfway the stream, Simon Bennet joins me to talk about Snapshooter.

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Starting a side project is easy. Actually finish it is hard. Hugo Zap offers some good tips on how to properly finish a side project.

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Ondřej Mirtes, author of PHPStan lists some great tips to make a side project succesful.

Most developers have side projects. That's how we try out new things or make something that we miss on the market or in our dev stack. But most side projects end up unfinished and never actually see the light of day. And even if a developer builds up the courage to show his work to the public, he quickly finds out that just publishing a repository doesn't actually bring the masses to his doorstep. ... In this article, I'd like to share with you what I did to make sure that the project doesn't end up in the dustbin of history. I will concentrate on open source software, but the following advice may as well apply to any creative endeavour.

https://medium.com/@ondrejmirtes/how-i-got-from-0-to-1-000-stars-on-github-in-three-months-with-my-open-source-side-project-8ffe4725146#.211n6vihd

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I have met hundreds of developers. The best ones always have a side project or two that they hack away on at night. As an employer I encourage that, but I have heard that a lot of workplaces ban personal projects.

So let's talk about why I think that side projects is a good thing, how I use them to get better and what you have to look out for.

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