<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Palars]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thoughts, stories and ideas.]]></description><link>https://www.palars.com/</link><image><url>https://www.palars.com/favicon.png</url><title>Palars</title><link>https://www.palars.com/</link></image><generator>Ghost 3.20</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 06:12:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.palars.com/rss/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[The post zero]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>I remember when I setup my blog (Jan 2020), I was really happy that finally after several months I was ready to begin my journey as an indie maker. I was decided to start something similar to the <a href="https://levels.io/12-startups-12-months/">12 startups in 12 months</a> from Pieter Levels. </p><p>Nevertheless, first, I had</p>]]></description><link>https://www.palars.com/the-zero-post/</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5eeb3b7ce809bb74db9312f3</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Carlos Palars]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 00:27:15 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember when I setup my blog (Jan 2020), I was really happy that finally after several months I was ready to begin my journey as an indie maker. I was decided to start something similar to the <a href="https://levels.io/12-startups-12-months/">12 startups in 12 months</a> from Pieter Levels. </p><p>Nevertheless, first, I had to finish a major refactor on my startup that was supposed to take me 2 months (I was a little upset because the 12 startup journey now was going to start in February and not January (poor me, believing that this was important)). </p><p>I knew that something was going on, the startup guys on twitter (sometimes a little bit ahead of trends) were discussing the early Wuhan coronavirus reports since January and there were a lot of videos on tiktok from Wuhan showing what was happening in the streets. Everything was unclear until I saw <a href="https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1222963450801987591">Balajis</a> talking about the <a href="https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1222921758375927808">covid</a>. </p><p>So I never really finished my startup refactor, I spend part of February and March convincing my parents and friends about the virus and preparing my family for the possibility of a global pandemic (move some of my stuff from my apartment to my parents house, farewell with some close friends, etc) . Then, suddenly almost every country announced their lock downs. Then I spent my time doing some anti covid projects and some digital transformation projects for the economy (nothing really workout). </p><p>After that, a really cool startup from friends recruit me, I did believe on what they were building so I joined them for a couple (spoiler, it was much more time). And at some point I come back to the blog to write the "zero post", but apparently something happened. This is what I found today (September 7, 2020)</p><figure class="kg-card kg-image-card"><img src="https://www.palars.com/content/images/2020/09/zero_post.png" class="kg-image" alt srcset="https://www.palars.com/content/images/size/w600/2020/09/zero_post.png 600w, https://www.palars.com/content/images/size/w1000/2020/09/zero_post.png 1000w, https://www.palars.com/content/images/size/w1139/2020/09/zero_post.png 1139w"></figure><p>I'm still working for that startup and I tell myself that this is the reason why I have not shipped nothing in these months, but that is false. I worked on some little projects but I never finish them or release them to the public (hope there is a group for people like that). So I think it was because I was hoping to <a href="https://twitter.com/palars/status/1303087343969198080">create something perfect</a> (what is an MVP anyways?), now the plan is to ship continuously (a little of "fail fast, fail often, fail forward"), I'll expand this idea later. </p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>