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3 Questions Before You Kill (or Keep) a Stalled Side Project

When a side project stops working but keeps teaching you, the kill-vs-keep decision gets harder, not easier. Three questions that separate substrate value from sunk cost, with a worked example from a project that earned $0.

May 15, 2026 · 11 min