[eric4smith]

My dad who was a quite successful artist back in the day said something I’ll never forget.

“Son, I’d like to work on that painting forever, because for me it’s never finished. But I have to stop and sell it because I have to feed the 3 of you children”.

His sole source of income was his art, and we grew up not wanting anything, because he was pragmatic enough to understand at some point he had to ship his art to survive - even if to him, it was not completed.

That’s why when I heard Steve Jobs say “real artists ship”… I immediately understood at a visceral level what he meant. And iPhones over the years have had countless bugs.

[djmips]

Hmmm, everything has bugs. The iPhone shipped as a great product that customers loved. The point of the article is to release something great that the customers will love. Internally, yes, ship something early and iterate on feedback.

[barbazoo]

That's a great lesson your dad taught you there. I wish I had been taught that early on in my career because it applies just as well to an organization.