I decided to post to my blog and share with more context (and better formatting). I couldn't delete the prior Tell HN post.

That example was not there when he wrote the comment :) I snuck it in after all the helpful feedback in this comment section haha

Example: You've been wanting to take cooking classes, but you've also been wanting to join an improv group. If you don't have time/resources for both of these projects, you might choose a "metaproject" like "weekly dinner party with funny friends" -- it doesn't strictly meet the requirements from either project, but might achieve something deeper you're looking for.

Thank you! That is an actionable example that would be helpful if it was in the actual article.

That example is in the article, but typeset differently.

The example wasn't in the essay when he wrote the comment :) I just added it thanks to the helpful feedback

Ouch! Honestly, I'm probably all those things (and worse). But I found the concept of "metaprojects" helpful for shrinking the footprint of my ambitions. Instead of wanting everything, now I'm happier pursuing fewer things :-) At some point, I'll hopefully learn to let go even more. I hope other folks can learn/resonate from my particular brand of crazy

You neither explain what a metaproject is, nor how it is different from having multiple projects, nor how they overcome the problem of endless backlogs.

As someone who takes on _a lot_ of side projects, I like your idea of a metaproject!

I often wonder what draws me to pick up so many interests and goals. I used to think its leading me towards something but after so many years I have started to wonder if that is really whats going on. Maybe there is something more essential I can tease out of all my side projects that reveals what I am really after..

Can you give us examples of metaprojects?

You are the project, and getting through your idea to something, is about building a better you. Which points back to the beginning: -- Publish that novella, build an OS, converse in Mandarin, release an indie game, publish that other novella, dominate a continent -- --

Seem to be a lot of complaints about this post, I'm enjoying it. Interesting flow of thoughts and share similar frustration with all my ideas and trying to channel them, and get to something. If I get to something close to my thoughts that's a huge win for me.

Hi friends!

I just added a bunch of new blogs after this huge thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46618714

Enjoy :)

Author of https://blogs.hn here :) I will crawl these comments and add them soon!

alright that's a unique home page. i am definitely not that creative. love the custom cursor too

beware

This reflects my experience with human programmers. So many devs are taught to add layers of complexity in pursuit of "best practices". I think the LLM was trained to behave this way.

In my experience, Claude can actually clean up a repo rather nicely if you ask it to (1) shrink source code size (LOC or total bytes), (2) reduce dependencies, and (3) maintain integration tests.