The strongest builders design for people they may never meet.
STILLNESS
STILLNESS
Most of the people who benefit from good work are strangers to whoever did it. The road, the standard, the tool, the clear explanation, all made by someone who accepted they would never see who used it. Building for those people requires giving up the feedback of gratitude and doing it well anyway.
Consider one thing you could make slightly better for whoever comes after you, with no chance of credit. A cleaner handover, a written explanation, a fixed problem you could have left. Small acts of that kind compound in ways you will never see.
Who might use what you are making after you are gone?
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.