Some commenters are missing the point. They are narrowing their mindset by focusing how it would scale in a team environment. However, this post is coming from a freelancer perspective - it's a perfectly good set of principles, even for any side project.
Too many developers start their baby projects thinking they'll be building it alongside hundreds of fellow developers and spend weeks prematurely configuring their build tooling, boilerplate, tech stack. How it'll be supported in twenty platforms, etc. You're only giving yourself more headaches for later on.
I agree with your point on using your own work. People reach for the nicest looking library but there are so many standardized web apis capable of doing what they need, with only very little modification to make it work the way they expect it to.
Thank you. I'm happy that we speak the same language!
Getting out the big guns in solo freelance is like going to the hardware store and buying the most complex and expensive drill possible. Only to arrive home full of sweat to drill a 5mm hole.
(FYI: I love expensive drills, but I don't own one)
Too many developers start their baby projects thinking they'll be building it alongside hundreds of fellow developers and spend weeks prematurely configuring their build tooling, boilerplate, tech stack. How it'll be supported in twenty platforms, etc. You're only giving yourself more headaches for later on.
I agree with your point on using your own work. People reach for the nicest looking library but there are so many standardized web apis capable of doing what they need, with only very little modification to make it work the way they expect it to.