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This tackles the exact tension a founder feels every week: ship faster or polish more. The Levels team argues that for an early-stage company velocity wins, because the most valuable thing you can do is learn by shipping experiments quickly. Read it when quality worries are slowing your cadence and you need a clear framework for the trade-off.
Should You Prioritize Velocity of Shipping or Quality of Product?
From Levels (Medium) by David Flinner 12 min read
- For early-stage companies, shipping velocity beats product polish
- Early releases are experiments whose value is the learning
- Quality bars rise later, once you know what is worth building well
