PLEASE SHARE YOUR OPINION: Why are most Side Projects always unfinished?

They were a bad idea and eventually the author realizes it.

Lost of interest along the way

I hit something that looks like it will take hours to research/think through/debug (insert your preferred hold-up), and I'm too lazy to take the time since I'm not getting paid for it.

Because there is no payment or need that could preserve the motivation.

Because they are side projects.

Because it's easy to just hack some half-assed crap together, slap an OSS licence on it, dump it in the digital landfill Github, and feel like an OSS hero.

@Fast-Nop For glory and honor!

Because you learned enough from them.

You don't write side projects to make money, or even to release -- that would make them main projects. You write them because you were curious about a new language, or some programming concept. Once you saw the goal on the horizon, you thought "I get where this is going, let's head back, there's more to explore elsewhere".

Don't feel guilty.

Be proud of what you've learned.

@bittersweet Stimmt!!

Because the new project is really better.

@Benutzername I was going to write this but thought of checking if someone did already and here you are.
IDK why I am writing this LOL.
Writing LOL at the end can decrease the awkwardness sometimes LOL.
This whole lockdown thing is making me crazy.

@Demolishun

And when you see a really huge thing to improuve on main, but realize it's gonna take weeks !

Daytime work affecting your focus.