And, yeah, sometimes, you’re going to have to just work unbelievably hard at whatever you claim to care about before anyone can begin to help you get any better—or less “distracted”—at it.
Try, make, and do until you quit noticing the tools, and if you still think you need new tools, go try, make, and do more.
Good stuff. I’ve discussed some projects with some friends, and one thing we always come back to is: “what is the minimum we can do to launch and still provide a great product?”
If I had all the time, money and development skill in the world, I would still keep it as simple as possible, and only add features if it would truly add value.