“Nowadays everyone would just vibe coded on a weekend but for me it took 6 years. So for me it was, I guess, a marathon and not just a vibe coding weekend.”

A Side Project Is A Six-Year Marathon, Not A Vibe-Coding Weekend

Chris started building Wishlist in 2019, shipped the first version in 2020, relaunched as 2.0 in 2023, and only quit his job in 2025. He frames realistic side-project timelines as a multi-year marathon rather than a weekend sprint.