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Startups · by Huy Le · 2026-09-14

The small funding habit that changed my quiet Sunday with a chaotic constraint

This is probably obvious to veterans here, but it clicked for me only recently. product got easier when I stopped treating every attempt like a final exam.

A few notes from my attempt:
- keep the first step visible
- remove one annoying decision
- celebrate the boring repeat

I had a disappointing first try, a surprisingly good second try, and then a third attempt that taught me humility. So, naturally, I now have opinions.

I had a disappointing first try, a surprisingly good second try, and then a third attempt that taught me humility. So, naturally, I now have opinions.

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Comments

Minji Kim · 13 likes

That last line is excellent. This would have saved me a lot of trial and error.

Solar Mango · 12 likes

This feels like advice from a patient friend. This would have saved me a lot of trial and error.

Jasmine Cruz · 2 likes

I wish more posts had this much context. I would love to see a follow-up after 9 weeks.

Imogen Clarke · 1 likes

Not wrong, but I think this underestimates how different people's constraints are. My friend tried it in Lisbon and had the opposite result.

Maya Putri · 2 likes

Fair pushback.

Valeria López · 2 likes

That is fair, but I still worry about maintenance.

Jasmine Cruz · 1 likes

Big fan of this approach. I noticed the same thing in Madrid.

Lucas Dubois · 0 likes

I am skeptical. The idea sounds good, but the maintenance cost is real. I would test it for 5 days before deciding.