A close friend of mine and i talked a while back and it went a little like this.

friend - "You like programming right"?
me - "Yeah"
friend - "I got a great idea"

She never really told me what the whole idea is. She said its easier to explain face to face but i can guess it's dev related.

But here's the issue. I have a tendence to just suddenly loose all motivation for a project (look at my github) and i'm afraid that i'll loose motivation for the thing she wants to do with me and i'll disappoint her.

Do i help her with her idea or not?

Keep in mind that i'm not a actual dev. Its just kinda my hobby. I can do it for free. Thats not the problem.

friend - "You like programming right"?
me - "Yeah"
friend - "I got a great idea"

...you realise those conversations never end well right? The only good ending to a story that starts like that is:

me - "Awesome! Afraid I'm much too busy to work on anything personally though."

@AlmondSauce How come? There was of course more to the conversation than what i wrote but i trimmed it down for the sake of getting to the point.

@HampusMa most people have stupid friends with stupid ideas like "Can you hack my bf fesabook?"

@HampusMa here's how these play out if you don't kill it...

me: well, I was looking for a new project. What's the idea?

friend: it's for a new dating app. But this app matches you with people based on HAIR COLOR.

me: hmmm... Haven't there been a ton of dating apps? Is there really a market for this?

friend: trust me, it'll make millions. I polled my friends and family and they all like the idea. But we need to get it out ASAP

me: well, where would the funding come from? I might be able to help, but in order to get it done quickly I would need to work on it full time, and I need to be able to support myself

friend: oh, I can't pay you up front, but I'll share 10% of the profit with you if you build it. It's too good not to make money.

me: so you want me to do 99.9% of the work for 10% of the profit?

friend: yes.

...

me: ok

@nathanasius s/ ok/ hell no./gi

You had me at " I have an idea ", say no

@Nanos if a girl brings me free pizza I would work so hard for her. (if it was a guy I would work so hard for him)