
Make the problem smaller before you make it bigger

Everything That Turned Out Well in My Life Followed the Same Design Process
Henrik Karlssonhenrikkarlsson.xyz

Adding one extra feature nearly cost us our startup.
Monday morning, anxiety twisted in my chest as I deleted half of our codebase.
Our product was buried under features, each an attempt to stave off failure, yet leaving us on the brink of collapse. The team lingered, eyes glued to my screen.
“It’s too cluttered,” I finally said, swallowing my fear.
My
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“Simple is nearly always better. But if it’s going to be complicated, then make sure the problem is worth the complexity. A great deal of time is wasted creating complex solutions to relatively unimportant problems.”
jamesclear.com • 3-2-1: New Paths, the Danger of Complexity, and Making Fast Decisions - James Clear
