An Abandoned Pet Project - ofunction

A while ago, I developed a pet project. A goal was to deploy, and I achieved it. So, the task was accomplished, and I did not know what to do next.

The goal of ofunction was to help junior developers understand big O notation. A developer can subscribe to the service, and I will send weekly emails with questions about the topic.

Then the developer can answer right away from the email and observe his statistics. And as an addition, the service sends articles related to non-answered questions.

There also was an upgrade option for a little pay.

While I was doing it, I learned how to integrate PayPal for payments, installed Drift widget for feedback and support, and learned how to send emails with Mailgun.

I did not think about how I will promote it and make some money for at least support itself. As it was for most of my pet projects, I forgot about it for some time. And of course, the project is not sky-rocketed, and users did not come from anywhere.

A week ago, I remembered it and started thinking about it again. Should I delete it? Or should I continue with the project?

I did not have the habit of finishing projects, and this one I finished and published. It was hard for me to delete it since I invested time in it.

Nobody uses it, and I pay every month for servers, it consumes my mental energy. The only “bonus” I have is to show ofunction to friends and say: “Hey, look, I have a finished pet project!”

I thought this project through and decided to close it. It does not have customers, so I do not have any obligations and can freely delete it.

This post is a goodbye post to ofunction.