#dev-life

The gap between "I pushed it to GitHub" and "people actually use this" is wider than you think

Open source sounds romantic — write code, share it, watch the world use it. The reality is messier, lonelier, and more instructive than any tutorial will tell you. Here's what the first ship actually looks like.

How to share your work online without turning your process into a performance

Building in public sounds simple — just share what you're making. But somewhere between the first tweet and the tenth "no one is watching" moment, it becomes something heavier. Here's how to do it sustainably.