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Getting Real: Build Less

Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson · Basecamp (37signals) Free Beginner

If you read one chapter, this is the core argument: doing less is a feature, not a compromise. It helps you strip your MVP down to the one thing worth testing, which is usually deliverable on the mobile web today. Concrete and quick.

  • Fewer features means faster learning
  • Cut anything not core to the first test
  • Less software is easier to change later
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The question it answers

  1. Should my MVP be a mobile app or a web app? My users are mostly on phones in smaller Indian cities.

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