Okay, so today I decided to mess around with this “MVP” thing, and let me tell you, it was a bit of a rollercoaster. I started off super pumped, thinking I’d whip up something amazing in, like, an hour. Yeah, right.
Getting Started (and Getting Stuck)
First, I googled what “MVP” actually means. It is “Minimum Viable Product”. that sounds easy enough?
I needed to make something called “hhh” that wasn’t that complicated. I’m not building a spaceship here, just a simple thing.
I picked my tools, I went with what I * simplicity, I kept the stack basic. I also created an empty project in the compiler.
The “Aha!” Moment (After a Lot of “Ughs”)
- The Basic Setup: I spent a good chunk of time just setting up the project structure. Folders, files, you name it. It’s always the boring stuff that takes the longest.
- The First Feature: I decided to start with the core functionality – the bare minimum that this thing needed to do. It was ugly, but it worked! I felt like a genius for about five minutes.
- The “Oh No” Moment: Then I tried to add another feature, and everything broke. Classic. I spent way too long staring at error messages, wondering where I went wrong.
I literally took a break, walked away from my computer, and made a cup of coffee. Sometimes you just need to reset your brain, you know?
And boom start write code again!
Gluing It All Together
After the coffee and a bit of deep breathing, I went back to it. Turns out, I had a tiny little typo that was causing all the chaos. Fixing that one little thing made everything magically work again. It’s always the small stuff, I swear.
I managed to add the second feature, and then a third. It still wasn’t pretty, but it was functional. That’s the whole point of an MVP, right? Get something working, then make it better later.
The Result (for Now)
So, what I ended up with is a very, very basic version of “hhh”. It’s not going to win any awards, but it does what it’s supposed to do. And that’s a win in my book.
The next step is to actually get some feedback on this thing and see what people think. Then I can start making it actually good, not just functional. This whole MVP thing is definitely a process, not a one-time thing. But hey, I learned a lot, and that’s what matters, right?
