Solutions for solo developers
Every problem below kills side projects. FoundStep was built to fix them.
Accountability for Solo Developers
Teams have standups, sprint reviews, and PMs asking 'is this done yet?' Solo developers have none of that. Without external accountability, projects drift and die.
Idea Validation for Developers
You jump straight from idea to code. No evaluation, no research, no honest assessment of whether this is worth your time. Weeks later, you realize it wasn't.
MVP Planning for Solo Developers
Your 'MVP' has 20 features, 3 months of work, and doesn't feel very 'minimum.' Without a framework for cutting scope, every feature feels essential.
Scope Creep Prevention
You planned 5 features. By week three, you have 15. The project that was supposed to take a month now feels like it'll take a year. Scope creep killed it.
Ship Side Projects Faster
You have ideas. You can build. But the gap between starting and shipping is where projects go to die. Weeks turn into months, scope grows, and 'almost done' becomes 'abandoned.'
Side Project Tracker
Your side projects live in scattered notes, abandoned Trello boards, and forgotten GitHub repos. You have no single place that tracks what you're building, what you've shipped, and what you've killed.
Project Management for Solo Developers
Notion, Trello, Linear, Jira - they're all built for teams. You end up assigning tasks to yourself, running standups alone, and configuring workflows meant for 10 people.
Stop Abandoning Side Projects
You have 10+ abandoned repos. Every new idea feels exciting for a week, then dies in your backlog. The pattern repeats because nothing forces you to follow through.