GhostHub hit 10K lines – now I'm burning out. What would you do?
After recently releasing version 1.2, I planned to dive straight into more ambitious features like transcoding and a config server. But managing bandwidth optimization, Docker builds, UI/UX improvements, and backend refinements has started to become overwhelming for a solo developer.
GhostHub is already at 10K+ lines of Python and JavaScript, excluding the front-end HTML and CSS, and it’s beginning to outgrow me. Every new feature demands a ton of testing, and I’m feeling the classic burnout creeping in.
I’m curious how other solo or small-team devs manage this:
- How do you balance delivering new features with preventing burnout?
- When do you decide to ship versus taking time to polish your code?
- Do you continuously refactor, or save cleanup for later?
Would appreciate hearing any experiences or advice from others who’ve tackled similar challenges.
Github (For Context): https://github.com/BleedingXiko/GhostHub