[madeofpalk]

The cultures that try and experiment with different ideas?

Rather than spending 18 months building and 'perfecting' and idea in private then releasing it to real people, doesn't it seem more efficient to Throw 10 ideas/'micro mvps' at the wall and see what sticks? Seems fairly solid to me.

[username223]

Ugh. "Throw feces at the wall and see if it sticks" is the culture that gave us post-a-day blog spam instead of sporadic thoughtful writing, and github spammers pushing out whatever half-done garbage they typed in on a manic Saturday to be abandoned by Monday.

As the saying goes, "there's a reason you have two ears but only one mouth."

[argonaut]

And what exactly is wrong with people getting lots of practice writing and lots of practice coding? You don't need to read what they've written.

[username223]

I still need to determine whether it's worth reading. Private diaries/libraries are still useful, both for the writing and for the lack of publication.

[drdeca]

That's why there should be a way for people to voluntarily designate that what they are writing is not worth reading!

I know sometimes I want to respond to something, but know that my response does not contribute anything useful, and so I wish I could respond in a way that would only be shown if someone opted in to seeing messages self-described as useless.

[will_pseudonym]

They're satisfied with creating apps for problems no one is really experiencing en masse. I mean it's neat that they're building these things, but I'm driven by problems I encounter that can be solved by software or education. We're just very different yet similar people.

[incongruity]

Or you could identify an activity or perceived problem space and spend a week or two doing real user research and be able to come up with 3 ideas that would kick the crap out of each of those 'micro mvps' because you'd be starting from real user needs. Also, if you were solving a real problem for yourself, that'd be halfway to it as well but never under-estimate the value of a little bit of user research.