Agents enable people to create many products. How can you avoid being busier with maintenance as more are released?

Project lists should document ongoing tasks, not screenshots.

Record the current entry point, recent user feedback, and remaining manual tasks for each released product. If configuration updates, content supplementation, error troubleshooting, or account services actually exist, include them in the checklist. Placing project showcases and ongoing tasks on the same page makes it clear which works are already in use and which are still in the demo stage.

These matters can be recorded regarding when they occur, what materials are needed for processing, and how to confirm restoration after handling. This provides an actual process to look at when deciding whether to continue maintenance. The preview did not disclose the project's user scale, revenue, or maintenance hours; this article also does not give operational judgments based on them.

First handle the task chain where users are stuck

When receiving feedback, first ask the user what they originally intended to accomplish, where they got stuck, and whether there were other ways to proceed. If the same issue arises repeatedly, prioritize stabilizing that task before considering new features. After fixing it, walk through the user’s operations again and document how to reproduce the issue, avoiding the need to recall everything from scratch next time.

For projects without feedback, find suitable people to test the core workflow first. Based on observations, decide whether to continue refining, preserve it as a portfolio piece, or pause further investment. Choosing to pause does not prove the project lacks value; rather, it clarifies current energy availability and desired feedback, reducing the state where all projects wait for processing simultaneously.

Assign follow-up responsibilities before starting a new project.

When preparing to release a new product, clearly write in advance who will handle feedback, which issues will be prioritized, and which functions are temporarily not promised. Individual developers can keep brief operating instructions and common fault records so that the 'self' taking over tasks later does not need to re-understand the entire project. Whether to continue releasing should be judged based on existing to-do items and actual usage needs.

This article applies to individual developers managing multiple small products simultaneously, as well as those with many prototypes who need to decide which to keep or discard. The summary only provides a teaser for an interview and cannot explain the full reasons behind the author’s burnout, nor can it conclude that developing multiple products is unfeasible for everyone. Here we discuss post-launch energy allocation, not an evaluation of the author’s project outcomes.

Turn the discussion into a checkable task

Observe one project’s work for a week, recording feature development, incident fixes, support and dependency updates separately. Before pausing, stop new commitments and explain data access and support to existing users, then consider repository archival. Archiving does not automatically shut down a service or migrate users. The full interview and author’s maintenance logs were not obtained.