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I have an opposite story. I created a reddit bot that recommended some words to the users on https://reddit.com/r/whatstheword https://reddit.com/r/whatsthewor
by pcwelder 4y ago
I have an opposite story.
I created a reddit bot that recommended some words to the users on https://reddit.com/r/whatstheword https://reddit.com/r/whatstheword subreddit posts.
I could've done a lot of things to improve quality, but it looked good as a first draft and shipped it following that philosophy. It turned out to be buggy, and the bot ended up getting banned after an overnight run.
So I think "just ship it" applies only in a large market where you can recover, and losing a few customers is expected.
- s_dev 4y agoHow would you know that the bot would have been banned without shipping? What is preventing you from improving and re-releasing the bot? Sounds like you got the fast feedback you needed from shipping.
- pcwelder 4y agoI don't want to circumvent the ban by creating a new account, it's against the rules, and mods will ban it without considering anything else. I could try convincing the mods, but it'll not be easy. > Sounds like you got the fast feedback you needed from shipping I did get fast feedback and fresh views on what's lacking, and it was a good learning experience. But if I were to do it again, I'd spent 4x the time to include more functionality and do extensive testing.