Strategies to Overcome Burnout While Perfecting Your Project

Strategies to Overcome Burnout While Perfecting Your ProjectStrategies to Overcome Burnout While Perfecting Your Project

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Alex Ojal

• Feb 5

When you're trying to build something that you believe millions of people will be using you have to try and make it perfect,Mark Zuckerberg's words not mine. Now I feel it I'm experiencing a lot of burnouts with my project.

Tarik Eamin

max

• 2h

Most designers’ portfolios forget one crucial question.

‘Can you solve our problems?’

Result?

No chance to showcase your work.

Last year, I removed 14 projects from my portfolio.

Kept 4.

Those showed the problem, the thinking, and the result.

Not just the shiny screen.

Clients will notice your impact, not just your knowledge.

What are you going to fix first?

Habib Salami

• 3h

I recreated this motion design project that helped Lovable gain 8M+ views across social platforms. Handled the entire creative pipeline: Script → Storyboard → Animation. Motion design that turns ideas into reach. #MotionDesign #Animation #CreativeProcess #AfterEffects

Nanda Maulana

pro

• 6h

For the RevenueCat Shipyard Hackathon, I built GlowSteps: an AI micro-goal tracker designed to turn ambition into daily action.

Most productivity apps fail by overwhelming users. GlowSteps does the opposite. Users pick one goal, and the AI generates personalized, bite-sized tasks. Tap "done", and Glowy a gamified firefly mascot glows brighter. It’s a tight, habit-forming loop built to maximize user retention. ✅ Integrated a subscription model from Day 1 using RevenueCat. ✅ Engineered graceful AI fallbacks so users never see an error if the LLM fails. ✅ Ruthlessly optimized onboarding UX, cutting AI wait times to prevent drop-off.

I shipped this fully monetized mobile app under a strict deadline. I specialize in turning complex ideas into scalable, highly engaging products. Glowsteps Introduction

Completed work