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It's about trying and breaking things to find out what's working, instead of casually tip-toeing lest you break something, and wasting your time.

• gnz11 7mo ago
  or maybe just ask someone for help first before you go breaking stuff?
  • lanyard-textile 7mo ago
    That's the spirit of the idea: It is meant to free you of that requirement, with the understanding that you very well may break things. It is permission to trade inaccuracy for autonomy.
    • danaris 7mo ago
      The problem is, as is so often the case with our modern companies, the things that got broken were other people's things. The things that were gained were made theirs. In other words, privatized profits and socialized costs. Again.
      • lanyard-textile 6mo ago
        There's many such problems with it. Don't misunderstand, I do not condone it :)
    • gnz11 7mo ago
      Yeah, I hear you...working with your team mates is for smooth-brained chumps. Not like us 100x engineers.
  • coldtea 7mo ago
    The quote is for startup businesses, doing novel pivots, and shipping novel features. It's not for things where you can just ask some expert to tell you what works or decide for you.
    • cratermoon 7mo ago
      Not many startups doing novel things these days.
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• hackable_sand 7mo ago
  Reads like incompetence to me
  • ksd482 7mo ago
    Another way of looking at this is "getting early feedback" by failing fast. It's another way of doing things and not necessarily incompetence.
  • coldtea 7mo ago
    Maybe that's an incompetent read