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Fantastic advice, for software builders:
Headline driven development
Here is a simple process for shipping software projects that works. First, decompose the project into a stream1 of headlines. Then pick an aggressive date to ship the first headline and work like hell to meet that date. Have everyone work only on one headline at a time– the
... See morei want to make software that feels like magic.
i want to make software that is useful, to many people; that is valuable, that makes sense. but that's also surprising, pleasant, funny.
i want to make software is serious and makes sense but is also silly and doesn't.
eugene is building untitled map apptwitter.comSoftware problems tend to evolve over time into philosophy problems, a point that's come up in a few Diff pieces, like the Antithesis writeup and Asana's ontology-as-a-service ($). In this particular category, it's the philosophy of work and vocation: a bond trader, accountant, or social media manager doesn't necessarily have to spend much time... See more
Byrne Hobart • Building for Power Users
Seven attributes of good software: simple, consistent, composable, scalable, obvious, communicative, and accommodating. Some old and new ideas mixed together in one place.
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