DIY · by João Pereira · 2026-10-08

Why I stopped chasing the perfect DIY setup

I wanted all the fancy tools, but a notebook and reminder were easier to stick with. Keeping things simple helped me get started without pretending every project needs a perfect plan.

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Marco Conti · 3 likes

Love the tiny experiment energy. I am curious whether projects still feels good next month

Daniel Kiptoo · 2 likes

The kindness in this post is lovely. This would have saved me a lot of trial and error

Hugo Martin · 1 likes

good clarification — I read it differently at first

Brave Orbit · 0 likes

I like this more than the top-level advice.

Kabir Khan · 0 likes

I love this. It feels practical without pretending life is neat. This would have saved me alot of trial and error