Death by a Thousand Buttons — from the Desk of van Schneider — Edition №268
Tobias van Schneidervanschneider.com
Death by a Thousand Buttons — from the Desk of van Schneider — Edition №268
the easiest thing to do in a product is add a feature. People new to design tend to see the world of product as a set of features to build more than an experience to balance, and they rush to add things until they paint themselves in a corner with an encumbered experience that lacks a cohesive purpose. Balancing and integrating takes a lot more... See more
Nick Punt • Learning Product Design
We have a core feature offering that is very strong. A small feature idea comes up that serves a subset of the market, but it isn’t too hard to do and it isn’t a bad thing, so we indulge. Repeat that thought process a hundred times and you have a cluttered UI, a large team, a slow product, and no obvious path forward.
