Everyone has a project lying around: the side project started on an enthusiastic evening, the half-coded website, the novel that stopped at chapter three, the startup of which only a domain name and a logo remain. You did not officially abandon it, so it stays there, with its little Sunday night guilt.
The Eternal Construction Site is the place to say goodbye to it properly. You bury the idea that never left your notebook, the Git repository with no last commit, the business plan left in a drawer. The gesture is symbolic, but it frees up room: as long as a project is not declared dead, it takes up mental energy. Once buried, you can move on, or dig it up later knowing what you are doing.
Who rests on the Eternal Construction Site
Here, the "Dead projects" category: apps never published, albums never recorded, blogs stopped at the third post, dissolved associations, products launched for ten users. Many graves carry the words "almost finished", which is rarely false and never true.
Categories buried here : Dead projects
Worth a visit in this district
The site crane
Climb into the cab of the crane overlooking the site and look down at all those projects left as foundations.
A few graves from this district
L’ÉTÉ EST FINI !
« Sortez les appareils, faites le plein de fromage, de patates et de charcuterie… parce qu’on ne va quand même p »
Summer body
« J'ai essayé, mais Ben & Jerry's ont tout niqué. »
My podcast
« One episode. Great intro music. We never recorded episode two. »
The startup
« We were going to change the world. We changed our LinkedIn titles instead. »
My novel
« Word count: 1,212. It’s been “almost done” for four years. We both know it isn’t. »
Mon side-project du week-end
« Commencé samedi 9h. Mort samedi 14h, écrasé par le choix du nom de domaine. »
Epitaph ideas
Almost finished. Since 2019.
Here rests my side project. It had a name, a logo, and not a single line of code.
Died in beta. The domain name, however, is still renewed.
Frequently asked questions
How do you give up a project without guilt?
By deciding it explicitly. A project you do not officially stop keeps weighing on you. Saying "it is over", even in an epitaph, turns a vague failure into a decision, and that is already much lighter to carry.
Can I bury my startup or company?
Yes. A closed startup, a dissolved association or a shop that put down its shutters has its place on the Eternal Construction Site. You can add a link to the old website and tell the full story under the grave.
What about a project I may pick up again someday?
Bury it anyway. A grave does not forbid resurrection, it just says the project is on long-term pause. Many people feel freer to pick it up again once they stop feeling guilty.
Bury my project
Projects that died before launch.
Bury here