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I think you are right about the features/correctness thing. People seem to have a cargo cult fascination with new features. And if you keep piling them on and o
by tomc1985 6y ago
I think you are right about the features/correctness thing. People seem to have a cargo cult fascination with new features. And if you keep piling them on and on eventually the whole thing will topple over. A new tower is then built, and far into the future it too will eventually collapse under its own weight.
The fashionable way to break this cycle is to remove old things or unpopular things. But this creates all sorts of negative externalities with your users, and in my mind is the most selfish option for that choice.
There is another option: saying 'no'. Calling something "done". Doing what you set out to do and then moving on. How to do this in a way that is sustainably profitable and prevents someone else from coming along and eating your lunch for as long as possible, is something I would very much like to learn how to do.
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- Silhouette 6y agoDoing what you set out to do and then moving on. How to do this in a way that is sustainably profitable and prevents someone else from coming along and eating your lunch for as long as possible, is something I would very much like to learn how to do. Is there something wrong with just doing one thing well, making some money from that, and then moving on to do something else well and making some money from that too? I know it's an old-fashioned idea that something you do in tech might not continue to bring in rental income indefinitely...