How do you guys come up with ideas for side projects? I'm really motivated to start a project but i don't have an idea... It's been going like this for weeks

I generally try to fix a problem I have. Maybe some tool that could be better or just doesn't exist, easier automation of something, etc

I think all my side projects start with a "I wonder if -" or "well what the shit, it HAS to be possible".

Right now I'm messing with setting up a cross-region headless server for factorio on azure where it will spin up an instance closest to the first person who logs in - but using a single persistent save. Not because I need it, just to see how it could be done.

The fact that I might get some usage out of it helps the motivation as well.

Ideas present themselves to me. I have shallow knowledge about many things though, it is easier to come up with an idea if you have idea about many things.

Build a tool you would use.