The Philosophy Behind Greening: Developer Momentum

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“The best time to build is when you’re most excited — so why does setup always get in the way?”

When I started building Greening, it wasn’t just to automate project scaffolding. It was to protect something much more fragile: momentum.

⚙️ The Hidden Cost of Boilerplate

Every time I start a new project, I hit the same wall:

None of this is hard — but it’s all friction. And that friction adds up right at the moment you’re most energized and ready to create.

By the time everything’s wired together, the excitement fades, and the magic of that initial idea gets buried under boilerplate.

Greening is my attempt to codify that initial burst of energy — and make sure nothing slows it down.

With a single command like:

greening new

You’re not just scaffolding a folder. You’re generating:

No decisions to make. No boilerplate to copy. You can go from idea → working, publishable project in seconds.

I’ve come to believe that developer tools encode values.

Greening encodes a belief that:

Because the sooner we can remove friction, the sooner we can get to the good stuff — the real creative work.

Greening is still early, but it’s growing fast. I’m working on:

If you’re someone who wants to spend less time setting up and more time shipping, I’d love your feedback.

Let’s spend less time on boilerplate and more time building.
That’s the heart of Greening.