Podcast · ~25 min

Build Half a Product, Not a Half-Assed Product

Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson · REWORK by 37signals Free Beginner

The 37signals team makes the case for doing fewer things extremely well rather than many things adequately. It is the audio version of the rule in your short answer: you should feel slightly bored by how little you are building. A useful listen when you are tempted to pad a launch with features that dilute the one thing that matters.

  • Cut scope, not quality, when you run low on time
  • Underdoing competitors on features can be the advantage
  • What you leave out defines the product as much as what you keep
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The question it answers

  1. How do I stop myself from adding features nobody asked for just because I enjoy building?

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