In the last few months the following things have happened:
- I decided to put Angular on Rails on the back burner
- I started a new project called Landing Page Breakdowns
- I killed Landing Page Breakdowns and started a project called AWS for Rails Developers
- I killed AWS for Rails Developers and started something else that doesn’t have a name yet
The reason I killed AWS for Rails Developers is because I realized that there are people who are just getting started with AWS + Rails who need help but don’t have much money, and there are established business who use AWS + Rails and have a lot of money and those two groups of people don’t really overlap. I’m capable of teaching myself how to help people get started with AWS + Rails but I’m not capable of teaching established businesses how to scale AWS + Rails. I believe that knowledge has to be gained experientially. I’m not really excited about the idea of doing something that requires super deep technical knowledge at this point, either.
The new idea I had was to build some sort of product for the Shopify ecosystem. I have no idea what this product might be.
My thought is that maybe I can do some consulting for Shopify store owners which would give me insight and visibility into the Shopify world. The consulting could potentially even be a good income source on its own. Maybe it could even be a replacement for my contract development income.
So far I’ve had calls with two Shopify store owners. Both expressed interest in working with me, at least on the free basis that I offered. Yesterday I had a call with a guy from Australia who I found on the Shopify forums. I plan to try to find more prospects that way.
I also have a friend joining me in the Shopify endeavor. We’re working on starting an email list for it too.