True, but IME showing your prototypes to people and getting ignored also seemingly leads to burnout (sample n=1)

Being ignored is a kind of feedback - if there is no interest then either the project has no value or it needs to be improved or pivoted. If you belive in it strongly, keep interating and getting feedback, in as short cycles as possible.

Ive been pretty hesitant to share without a solid prototype or even a solid model on paper. I can write about my thought process I suppose.

Customers often do not know exactly what they want.