Christy:
What about your current project?
Russell:
Yeah.
Christy:
Your current project sounds a lot more successful. I feel like we should’ve started with that.
Russell:
While I’m at it, let’s start with the cons and go into the pros. This one’s a different one. This is the first one that I’ve started that I’m building myself. I’m not a developer. I’m a designer who can do some decent front-end stuff, but it’s certainly no back-end stuff. I’m having to basically build it from the ground up with advice from you, so far.
In terms of … This is what I mean about the deferred responsibility thing because I feel like because it’s just me at the moment and just my idea, then I can put in the time when I want to. I don’t feel like there’s anyone I’m letting down or could let down. There’s no one I can rely on, really, with progress. Because of that, I kind of just made progress on it. I feel like that’s been helpful up in this run so far.
Christy:
You seem to be working on it quite a lot.
Russell:
Yeah. I am. Yeah, I’ve done it with less. Maybe because I know more about doing this sort of like fast-project stuff now more than ever because Lighthouse talks a lot about when we do a lot of stuff, and we give a lot of advice out. I’m king of following some of that. Yeah.
Christy:
I think at the same time, though, due to your level of programming, you’re not able to race that. Whereas if I was doing something like that, I’m able to technically, actually do this broad-range, but potentially your technical ability actually only encompasses only a minimum viable product.
Russell:
That is a very good point. I have to agree on that. That’s very true.
Christy:
The moral is, really, if you want to be a start-up, hire a shit programmer.
Russell:
Oh, shit. Well, let’s not use the word “shit” programmer. Just don’t want to throw that around. Okay?
Christy:
Sorry.
Russell:
I know we sat a few feet away from each other. No, I think that’s a fair point made because I don’t have the ability to, I kind of have to stick to basics.
Christy:
Because I can very much get ahead of myself and be like, “Oh, my god. We are going to make a hoverboard.”
Russell:
Because you could do all the features the hoverboard would have. That’s a very good point.
Christy:
Because at this point, they’re the things that really get me excited. I do get excited by the prototypes and stuff like that and getting them out the door, but I think the part of that that excites me is more the overall brand and something new as opposed to the technical challenge of programming.
Russell:
Yes. Definitely. Yeah. There’s been advances in it as well in that, because this is the first proper back-endy, like, PHP build I’ve done, I’ve learned loads of stuff that I’ve literally had three or four actual eureka moments where I’ve sat …
Christy:
God bless those eureka moments. Those are …
Russell:
… jaw on the floor. Yeah, which interestingly is not something I get doing design very often. Having done all of that quite quickly is-
Christy:
Do you see the pull of programming now? Because for me it’s always been about those eureka moments. It’s the same as certain mathematics when they teach you how to solve an equation. You don’t really understand it, and then one day, it just clicks. It’s the same thing in programming.
Russell:
Your brain does a little jingle, jiggle.