The document discusses the importance and benefits of side projects for developers, highlighting that they can serve as an alternate identity and provide valuable skills like product execution and marketing. It outlines a four-step approach to successful side projects: choosing a good idea, allocating time, executing, and launching, while emphasizing simplicity and niche focus. The author encourages developers to start small, have fun, and share their projects with the world.

1. Fellow Developers
Riza Fahmi
CTO
Let’s Discover Your
Superpower

2. Did you know that you have
SUPERPOWER?

3. Super Strength Super Sense Super Fast
Not this kind of superpower

4. If you are a developer
Side Projects
Your superpower is

5. What is Side Projects?
Something that you
can call your own
Proudly display to the
world

6. In regular job

7. In regular job

8. Side Project is…
Your alternate idenIty

9. Benefit of Side Projects
Build A Product
Idea, execute, market: All three is valuable skill to become CEO
Learn Something New
Time to try out new cool framework out there
You Will Be Famous
At least on TwiEer ^_^

10. Side Projects In 4 Steps
Choose a good side project idea
Make the Ime to make it
Execute the idea
Launch the idea

11. Good Idea For Side Projects
Simple Specific Special

12. Simple and Small
Big idea leads to procrasInaIon
Keep it in small scope
From idea to launch under 10 hours
Easier to find Ime to get started
Only 10 hours waste of Ime

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14. Niche and Specific
Choose a very niche market
One and one feature only

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16. Special
Don’t forget to have fun!
Your side projects should stand out

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18. Make The Time
Don’t find the Ime, make it
try do
time = time + 1
rescue
scope = scope - 1
end

19. Make The Time
Compromise, sacrifice yourself
Shorter lunch Lme, reduce sleep Lme for a week or two
Remember: we just need 10 extra hours, right?!
Repurpose
Take something you already doing, make it a product
Time to look at your old toy projects

20. ExecuIon
Don’t overthink
Get started already, before your brain even think up a thousand
reason why it won’t work!
You most likely don’t need these
Register or login feature.
Simplify your infrastructure
Use framework to simplify things
No Lme to choose, just use opinionated one and get started

21. Time To Launch
Get a domain
panabee.com, domai.nr, etc.
Tell a story
Explain why you created your project
Capitalize
Link to your ‘premium’ projects, newsleEer signup, follow your twiEer

23. My Side Projects
http://appsco.id
Startup that want to build startups

24. PodcasIng
http://podcast.appsco.id
AppsCoast: Indonesian Tech Startup Podcast

25. Authoring
podcast.appsco.id/startup-talks-book
Startup Talks In Asia - Candid Interview With Startup Founders

26. Co-Founding
http://bdb.co.id
BdB Audio Platform: Audio News, Audio Book, Audio Network

27. Blogger
http://elixirdose.com
Journal about Elixir Programming Language

28. Job Provider
http://jobs.elixirdose.com
Elixir Job board and developers community space

29. Meteor Jakarta (c)
http://meetup.com/Meteor-Jakarta
Meteor Jakarta Meetup Community

30. What’s Yours?
Tell me your side projects story
rizafahmi@gmail.com
@rizafahmi22