The Philosophy Behind Greening: Developer Momentum
"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. Chris Greening - Software Developer Hey! My name's Chris Greening and I'm a software developer from the New York metro area with a diverse range of engineering experience - beam me a message and let's build something great! christophergreening.com ⚙️ The Hidden Cost of Boilerplate Every time I start a new project, I hit the same wall: Creating a README Spinning up a virtual environment Configuring GitHub Actions Deploying to GitHub Pages Setting up analytics, docs, versioning... 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.

"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:
- Creating a README
- Spinning up a virtual environment
- Configuring GitHub Actions
- Deploying to GitHub Pages
- Setting up analytics, docs, versioning...
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.