I agree strongly, this is the principle I take with a lot of my side projects because the most important thing to me is maintaining motivation—which can be really hard if you’re doing something on top of full time school or work! I also discuss it a little here: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/gYpZX9dqcuXMLWeGs/a-step-by-step-guide-to-running-independent-projects#Intrinsic_motivation__finding_the_project_itself_interesting__engaging_or_fun_
I agree strongly, this is the principle I take with a lot of my side projects because the most important thing to me is maintaining motivation—which can be really hard if you’re doing something on top of full time school or work! I also discuss it a little here: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/gYpZX9dqcuXMLWeGs/a-step-by-step-guide-to-running-independent-projects#Intrinsic_motivation__finding_the_project_itself_interesting__engaging_or_fun_