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A comment on Ask HN: I'm taking 2 weeks off work to build a prototype. Any advice?.

Re:Ask HN: I'm taking 2 weeks off work to build a prototype.... by seanwilson on Sunday March 06, 2016 @09:19PM (#11236684)
If you're planning to make money from it, try doing a good draft of the launch page first. This helps you focus on which features are critical and which are just nice to have that aren't big selling points.

Also, don't obsess about making the code and architecture good. Get it working to prove the idea works then using what you've learned you can go back and improve it. I see so many side projects fail because many coders obsess about making code perfect over more important things. Releasing a project with imperfect code is vastly better to never releasing anything because you procrastinated trying to write perfect code in my opinion.

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Re:Ask HN: I'm taking 2 weeks off work to build a prototype.... by chatmasta on Tuesday March 08, 2016 @11:27AM (#11246237)
I like the sentiment here, but don't waste your time on the launch page! You can accomplish the same goal -- determining the crucial features -- by drawing your landing page on paper. List the top three benefits of your app, then list the features absolutely necessary to enable those benefits. That's your MVP.
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