Since I started programming I've been writing small web apps to people in my spare time. Usually members of my family or church. Just to see my apps being consistently ignored by (what I planned to be) its users.

It feels like I have both the urge for doing something that positively impacts the lives of people around me and do that with something I enjoy working with, so it would be a win-win.

Maybe the problem is that I've been projecting my needs of delivering value into other people, instead of concentrating in the feature/bugfixing work of my day-to-day job, which also delivers value to people, just no the ones I know.

And if I'm being honest. Maybe people don't need more apps, services, or #software. I don't feel like I do, why would they feel any different? Just a bit frustrating to realize I can't deliver as much value as a postman, a baker, or a locksmith.