--- title: What's something you do for every project you start? description: Observing how someone initiates a new project can reveal their experience and skills. This practice is insightful enough to be used during interviews. Consider... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-something-you-do-for-every-project-you-start--xsituzun1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What's something you do for every project you start? | daily.dev og:description: Observing how someone initiates a new project can reveal their experience and skills. This practice is insightful enough to be used during interviews. Consider... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-something-you-do-for-every-project-you-start--xsituzun1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xsiTuZuN1.png og:image:alt: What's something you do for every project you start? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What's something you do for every project you start? **[Trunk.io](https://daily.dev/sources/trunkio)** · [@vincentge](https://daily.dev/vincentge) · 1 min read · 434 upvotes · 54 comments ## Summary Observing how someone initiates a new project can reveal their experience and skills. This practice is insightful enough to be used during interviews. Consider what types of projects interest you and the tools you instinctively use when starting a new project. ## Content I find it super interesting when I watch someone start a new project. What they focus on first, what tools they reach for automatically, and how they start executing their first features. I think you can learn a lot about someone's experience and skill level from this activity, so much so I've asked this question during interviews. What types of projects do you want to work on next? What do you reach for first on a new project? ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@zx8086** · 31 upvotes > I go to see a shaman for good passage and kind spirits through the agile realm! Live sacrifices go a long way for refactoring large code bases. **@raynecloudy** · 24 upvotes > first commit is always "huzzah" **@webry** · 19 upvotes > For web projects: First thing after developing the idea is create an MVP goal and open up Figma for a quick concept. After that take one of my project templates (Example Nuxt, Tailwind, Shadcn, ...) and start with the most challenging part. After that building the rest of the code (UI and stuff). Then quick cleanup where neccessary. Then countinous backlog development and keeping up a good feedback loop. **@alissondereg** · 13 upvotes > it's all fun and games until your commit message is "here be dragons" **@jb1** · 11 upvotes > i made a shell script `devdir` and it just creates a folder in my code directory with the name i pass and opens my code editor to it. then i realize i probably should have put more thought into it. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity), [#leadership](https://daily.dev/tags/leadership), [#project-management](https://daily.dev/tags/project-management) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-something-you-do-for-every-project-you-start--xsituzun1) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-something-you-do-for-every-project-you-start--xsituzun1","headline":"What's something you do for every project you start?","text":"Observing how someone initiates a new project can reveal their experience and skills. 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