Developer Uses Public Accountability to Beat Shiny Object Syndrome

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A developer writing under the name 'stillrefactoring' has published a personal account on DEV Community about struggling with Shiny Object Syndrome (SOS), a pattern of abandoning projects once the initial excitement fades. The author describes repeatedly losing interest in projects when they hit tedious or difficult phases, resulting in a backlog of unfinished work. To counter this, they have outlined a structured approach involving documentation, incremental planning, and public progress sharing as a form of external accountability. The current project in focus is being built with Express, with architectural details planned for a follow-up article. The author invites others who experience similar struggles to follow along as they attempt to see the project through to completion.

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