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Have you read the RethinkDB post mortem? http://www.defstartup.org/2017/01/18/why-rethinkdb-failed.html http://www.defstartup.org/2017/01/18/why-rethinkdb-faile

Have you read the RethinkDB post mortem? http://www.defstartup.org/2017/01/18/why-rethinkdb-failed.html http://www.defstartup.org/2017/01/18/why-rethinkdb-failed.ht... It explains well why time to market is very important. I used to be in the "correct but slow" camp. Now I better understand business I'm more aware of what needs the correct solution and what needs the timely solution, and this has greatly helped my career.

emodendroket 10y ago
If you haven't read the "Worse is Better" article, I think it's the best expression of the value of just getting something simple out the door.
- Nomentatus 10y ago
  Yet I remember choosing a data structure too hastily and that killing a project a couple months later. By the time the error was realized, there wasn't time to reboot, project dead. You want a minimal viable product and both words create very difficult judgement calls.