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I hold it true whate’er befall I feel it most for sorrow’s sake Tis better to move fast and break Than never to have moved at all …after
by gorgoiler 2y ago
I hold it true
whate’er befall
I feel it most
for sorrow’s sake
Tis better to
move fast and break
Than never to have
moved at all
…after Tennyson
I enjoyed the article but I think it’s a bit too provocative of the author to distill it all down to “move slow and fix things”.
If anything, the lean nature of a bootstrapped, slow growth, mom-and-pop software business puts even more emphasis on the ethos of moving fast (or quickly if you prefer): it’s always best to make progress, even if things break, as long as you fix anything you break along the way.
- ath3nd 2y agoI think the author was talking "slow" in terms of making deliberate and calculated features with long term support in mind, preserving the cohesion and integrity of what you are building. Compared to "fast" from big tech who have 10 divisions trying hectically to invent the next big thing that can make their bosses' stakeholders rich.
- mre 2y agoAuthor here. That sums it up pretty well. I don't mind making quick decisions, but the execution should be deliberate. One of the best things of working for myself is that all-hands meetings are pretty short. I have an idea, I ask a few friends about their opinion; then, I set to work - it's simple. But what I don't do is wreak havoc along the way. For I know, that the time to fix what I might break never comes.