The odds are better when you have strange tastes: when you like something that pays well and that few other people like.
The key to being a good thing builder is to always try and ship something.
Hard stuff because it is tricky to estimate and prone to surprises; low-level stuff because so much is built on top, it needs to get there first.
If you find yourself doing the minimum, ask yourself this: Why? What’s the reason you’re doing the minimum?
If you're thinking without writing, you only think you're thinking.