Demo Pill
TLDR
Cringe is to Product Owners what Pain is to Body Builders.
Pain happens at the Gym, Cringe happens when Demoing.
Demoing, explaining and having others use what you are building, is for Makers what the Gym is for Body Builders
Bodybuilders make progress feeling pain at the gym, Product builders make progress doing demos and dogfooding with all the cringe associated with that
What is the Demo Pill?
The demo pill is when you realize that Solving Problems in front of other people is the most important part of working on a project.
The act of explaining what you are trying to do to someone else provides valuable perspective.
If someone does not understand what you are building, what problem it solves, or how it works, there is likely a design flaw in what you are trying to build.
The act of explaining someone out loud may reveal to oneself a clearer design they would not have noticed if they had just kept chugging along without checking their work.
Taking the Demo Pill
There are many ways one can take the Demo Pill,
The simplest would be to just call up a friend or family member and show them what you are building.
One of the best ways to Demo is to record yourself. This can be as simple as using a voice recorder app and explaining what you want to do, to full fetched videos recorded with OBS. The key here is to make sure you listen and or watch the recording after, that cringe you likely feel, that's progress. You can even share these recordings on the Internet such as Youtube and Rumble.
The core of Demoing is done in Person. If you are developing an app, put it in the hands of someone and look over their shoulder and see how they use it. If they don't intuitively understand what you are building, how to use it, and what it is for, then you need to go back and work on the design.