i 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.
4 requirements for building good software
- understanding of user value
- taste
- ability to execute
- willingness to keep grinding until it is valuable and good/tasteful
I’ve been sitting on a weird epic ramble about Etsy homepages from the middle 2000’s for the better part of 15 years now so I figured I would write it up as a thread 1/