Ask HN: How Do You Tinker?

by aquajet on 4/20/2023, 3:31:35 PM with 3 comments
How do you come up with ideas, how do you prioritize what to do, how scrappy are you?

I ask because I want to tinker more

  • by WorldPeas on 4/20/2023, 3:52:17 PM

    I generally like to just ask my friends what problems they have, then figure out how I can use my resources and skills to see how I can solve them, and grow useful knowledge while helping them

  • by pornel on 4/20/2023, 10:19:15 PM

    I pick a thing that annoys me and try to fix it. In the process, I'm following all the tangential issues that I discover without really caring about the original goal.

  • by beauHD on 4/20/2023, 6:58:56 PM

    I found that when you seek good ideas, they never come, but they come when you're idle, or doing a casual stroll, or in the shower, hence the phenomenon on Reddit r/ShowerThoughts[0]

    In other words, to hit the target, you have to miss it.

    [0] https://old.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/