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- It is far better to release a crappy implementation of something awesome than it is to release an awesome implementation of something crappy. Awesomeness in t
by dkokelley 16y ago
- It is far better to release a crappy implementation of something awesome than it is to release an awesome implementation of something crappy. Awesomeness in the idea is easier and more valuable than awesomeness in the implementation.
Doesn't this conflict with the general sentiment that ideas are near-worthless unless implemented well? Can you elaborate? Are you referring to rapid iterations (i.e. have a 'good idea' for feature x, and launch a crappy implementation, AND THEN iterate until the implementation has evolved to maturity)?
- moultano 16y ago>Doesn't this conflict with the general sentiment that ideas are near-worthless unless implemented well? Scratch the "well." Ideas are near worthless unless implemented. "well" helps.
- gintas 16y ago"The general sentiment" is not a universal truth.
- photon_off 16y agoIn terms of a product's success, ideas without implementation are as worthless as implementation of a shit idea. Granted, at least by implementing something you practice your craft and personally get something out of it, but if the idea isn't good to begin with, you're not likely to achieve success. The awesomeness of your idea is like a multiplier. You can easily come up with an idea 10 times as awesome, and any implementation of that will be presumably be 10 times as successful. You can't as easily implement something 10 times better. This is all voodoo mathematics, anyway. You don't have to believe it if you don't want to.