Friends as co-founders?

Hi there! I have always wondered this, as two of my best friends are also developers and we are all creative people... But we all joined to start a project that was exciting. This was almost three years ago. Project never launched. In this time I was able to ship a few solo projects, because I think that I can organize myself better when I am alone. The issues that I encountered while cofounding with my friends: No defined schedule, everyone codes from time to time (this sometimes meant once every 6 months...) I like to keep my code clean but they do not seem to care much. I try to hint them but dont wanna be rude with my friends I kinda took the lead since it was my idea and all, they were like yeah lets do it but they do not seem as excited as I am, so its more difficult for them to show up and code We all live abroad and separate from each other, so sometimes we have calls to decide things or code together, but end up just chit chatting and having fun. This is actually positive I think, as we have a motive to keep in touch and spend time together remotely. But not good for the project. Our git repository is a mess. Everyone commits without any clear pattern (branches, commit messages and so on). Many times we had to rollback changes or even re-clone the project And probably I am forgetting a bunch of things that are downsides of cofounding with your friends (probably same for family). Anyways, I do not regret embarking in this project since it made me an experienced Android developer which brought me some nice clients (I am full time freelancer, and part time indie maker). It was also fun and I guess it brought me a few life lessons. What are your thoughts about starting a project with your friends?