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by brikis98 11y ago
My question was for IanCal, but since you chose to answer it, I'm happy to ask you the same thing: when you go to build an MVP, how do you decide if what you're doing is the "smallest" or if it will be "viable"
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by brikis98 11y ago
> I'm quite surprised by this, since to me there's little to disagree about. A "minimum viable product" seems like a very simple description to me. I've found a lot of confusion about the term. Just a few of the
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by brikis98 11y ago
That article, and Eric Ries' book, define an MVP as a " version of a new product which allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort." A "version of a new produc
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by brikis98 11y ago
As with any term that becomes a "buzzword" (e.g., DevOps, Lean, Agile), the definition of MVP definitely gets muddled and everyone has their own take on it. I could replace the term with "how to build products by repeatedly i
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by brikis98 11y ago
As I've written before [1], I find it confusing that some people believe "10x" or "rockstar developers" are a myth. Are star athletes, artists, writers, and, uh, rock stars, a myth? Why would the programming profess
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by brikis98 11y ago
Nice! I maintain a list of startup idea lists [1]. If I get some time, I'll add your list too, but if anyone else is feeling up to it, the repo is open source [2] and I'd gladly accept PRs :) [1] http://www.hello-startu
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by brikis98 11y ago
Ah, thanks for the heads up! Doesn't look like I can edit my post anymore, but the proper link is: https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2015/1363537
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by brikis98 11y ago
My full list of books, including reviews, is here: https://www.goodreads.com/user/year_in_books/2015 From that list, my favorite ones were: The Four Steps to the Epiphany: https://www.goodreads.com&#x2F
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Only start a company if you're willing to spend the next decade working on it(oreilly.com)
5 points by brikis98 11y ago|0 comments
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A Crash Course on Design for Developers(ybrikman.com)
2 points by brikis98 11y ago|0 comments
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The Startup Checklist: everything you need to do to launch a startup(atomic-squirrel.net)
2 points by brikis98 11y ago|0 comments
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by brikis98 11y ago
That's a very interesting point that I never fully considered. Of course, there is no doubt that some content providers already are taking money to reflect someone else's agenda, but it's definitely worth considering what hap
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by brikis98 11y ago
Nice. It really seems like static typing and functional programming are winning [1]. For the most part, I think that's very a good thing, and may help move the software industry forward. [1] http://www.ybrikman.com/writ
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A productive development environment with Docker on OS X(ybrikman.com)
3 points by brikis98 11y ago|0 comments
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by brikis98 12y ago
Depending on where you are and the size/stage of the startup, those numbers seem roughly in the right ballpark. To compare, check out the salary resources[1] and equity resources[2], which have calculators and tables that show you typi
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Hello, Startup: A Programmer's Guide to Building Products, Technologies, and Teams(brikis98.blogspot.com)
2 points by brikis98 12y ago|0 comments
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by brikis98 12y ago
Most developers are hesitant to accept new programming paradigms, so it takes a very long time to change how people write code (something Brett Victor captured brilliantly in his talk, The Future of Programming [1]). Therefore, I can't
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by brikis98 12y ago
Yes, most languages have a type system, but there is a big difference between only checking those types at runtime ("dynamically typed") versus checking them at compile time ("statically typed"). After an years and years
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Are static typing and functional programming winning?(brikis98.blogspot.com)
5 points by brikis98 12y ago|4 comments
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by brikis98 12y ago
Here is a guide to documentation I wrote a little while back: http://brikis98.blogspot.com/2014/05/you-are-what-you-docume...
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Node.js vs. Play Framework(brikis98.blogspot.com)
12 points by brikis98 12y ago|0 comments
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Tech Talks for Every Programmer(brikis98.blogspot.com)
14 points by brikis98 12y ago|0 comments
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by brikis98 12y ago
I just tried to go through the coveredca.com application process and it was a nightmare. It took me 5 hours, spread over two days, 3 tech support calls (I never call tech support!), and 3 different web browsers to get through it. 1. Fill
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Don't learn to code. Learn to think.(brikis98.blogspot.com)
4 points by brikis98 12y ago|0 comments
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You are what you document(brikis98.blogspot.com)
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Bitcoin by analogy(brikis98.blogspot.com)
101 points by brikis98 12y ago|47 comments
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by brikis98 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback. I updated the post with notes that mention these corrections.
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Six programming paradigms that will change how you think about coding(brikis98.blogspot.com)
5 points by brikis98 13y ago|0 comments
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The Ultimate Guide to Getting Started with the Play Framework(brikis98.blogspot.com)
1 points by brikis98 13y ago|0 comments
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Play, Scala, and Iteratees vs. Node.js, JavaScript, and Socket.io(brikis98.blogspot.com)
16 points by brikis98 13y ago|2 comments

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