I built my first side project in 2022. It was a habit tracker with a twist — you'd compete against friends. I spent six months obsessing over the UI, the animations, the perfect onboarding flow. Launched it to crickets. Maybe 12 signups, all friends and family. Dead in a month. Project number two was a bookmarking tool for developers. Three months of solo building, this time I even added a dark mode (surely that would help, right?). Same story. Built it alone, launched it quietly, watched it g...