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Project #3 - building 12 projects in 12 months

13-03-2022 | 3 min read

If you have followed my journey to build 12 projects in 12 months, you’ve already read that project #2 was not completed. I quit the development after realizing I didn’t want to continue for a number ...

Why I stopped bookmarkbear and the lessons I learned

09-03-2022 | 6 min read

The decision to quit the development of bookmarkbear wasn’t easy and it took me a bit of time to actually make this decision. I originally planned to start and finish 12 projects in 12 months, so quit ...

Last week of February building bookmarkbear.com in public

02-03-2022 | 8 min read

After ending the last week with some doubts about whether I would continue the bookmarkbear.com project, I decided to still go for it. With some help from Jacob, through Twitter, I spent time on the C ...

Doubts and frustrations - a recap of week 7 of building 12 projects in 12 months

19-02-2022 | 10 min read

Based on the title you would assume I have a pretty bad week. It didn’t start as bad as the title might look, but it ended with doubts and frustrations. While writing this I’m not even sure I will con ...

Week 6 of building 12 projects in 12 months in public

12-02-2022 | 8 min read

The focus for the past week was on getting the landing page up and running and diving into a new tech stack. Numerous YouTube videos have been watched and blog posts by other developers were read. For ...

Building in public week 5 - 12 projects in 12 months

06-02-2022 | 11 min read

It felt like this week passed by in a heartbeat. It was the last couple of days in January in which I finalized my first project and the first couple of days of February in which I started working on ...

Here is what I learned in 1 month of building in public

31-01-2022 | 6 min read

Today is the last day of January. That means that I’ve been building in public for a full month now. I started the 1st of January with the goal to complete 12 projects in 12 months, with my own person ...

LAUNCH WEEK! 🚀 - 12 projects in 12 months (week 4)

29-01-2022 | 11 min read

As you've already read in the title I launched my personal website this week. It has already been 4 weeks since I've started the 12 projects in 12 months challenge. With the month coming to an end in ...

12 products in 12 months: this was week 3

24-01-2022 | 10 min read

For those who are reading this and haven’t read any of my previous blog posts. I’m building 12 products in 12 months starting the 1st of January. I will be building everything in public, sharing insig ...

I’m building 12 products in 12 months, this is how week two went

24-01-2022 | 6 min read

The first of January I took on this challenge, to complete twelve products in twelve months. I had read about these challenges from others and wanted to give it a go myself. Last week I started my fir ...

My first week trying to complete 12 projects in 12 months.

24-01-2022 | 8 min read

Wow, this week went fast! It feels like the days went faster than normal. Already seven days have passed from the first month of the twelve months I will spend working on twelve projects. How did this ...

Today is the start of the new me; 12 projects in 12 months

01-01-2022 | 8 min read

Let me start off this post by saying: Happy New Year to you all! I hope 2022 will be a successful year for all of you. Today is the start of my 12 projects in 12 months challenge. Inspired by Pieter L ...