Side project builders: how do you capture ideas that hit you mid-walk or workout?
Whenever I’m walking, exercising, commuting, or doing anything away from my desk, my brain suddenly starts firing:
- new project ideas,
- feature thoughts,
- “oh shoot, I should message X about Y,”
- or tasks I forgot about.
And since I'm not at my laptop, I end up:
- dropping quick notes into the Notes app,
- recording voice memos,
- or just forgetting things that felt important in the moment.
For people working on side projects:
How do you capture your ideas when you’re not sitting down to work?
Do you:
- use voice to text?
- send yourself notes?
- use an Apple Watch?
- maintain a quick capture system somewhere?
Curious to see what systems other builders rely on to keep ideas from slipping away.
Posted Dec 10, 2025, 2:52 AM UTC
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