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The Rise of Worse Is Better
- gnabgib 2y ago(1991) several discussions over the years 32 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2725100 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2725100 37 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21405780 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21405780 44 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16716275 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16716275
- AnimalMuppet 2y agoAlso https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7202728 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7202728 A comment from that first discussion, by nknight: > If you substitute "practicality" wherever you see "worse is better", you'll have a much clearer idea of what the "philosophy" really is... "Worse is better" is about pragmatism - do what works. "Better is better" is about doing what's right. But if something is "right", and yet doesn't work as well as something that's "wrong"... how "right" is it? (Note that here we are talking about technology, not morality.) The whole comment is worth reading, at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2727811 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2727811 An additional thought: Worse, done fast, gets you earlier feedback. If your original vision wasn't dead on, this may be better than a perfect implementation of a flawed vision.