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I think there always needs to be a distinction between "underdeveloped and unfinished" and "broken and insecure". I don't care if v0.1 is still lacking feature
by angry_moose 2y ago
I think there always needs to be a distinction between "underdeveloped and unfinished" and "broken and insecure".
I don't care if v0.1 is still lacking features and the GUI is wonky. I'm usually fine with this being called "good enough".
I care a lot if v0.1 crashes on launch, half the features in the release notes don't work (or even exist), and it leaks my passwords as plaintext. As a user this is never "good enough".
In most conversations those both get lumped together in the move-fast-and-break-things mindset. Though to be fair, the original article is largely talking about the former.
- II2II 2y agoThe article may be talking about the former, but plenty of people will read it as the latter. (Though perhaps not to that extreme.) I would certainly consider a well designed but feature incomplete product as perfect and good enough. Chasing perfection doesn't mean being everything to everyone. It simply means doing the best job possible.