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Re:Effective Engineer – Notes by davidjnelson on Friday December 29, 2017 @05:54PM (#16032572)
What’s the right level of completion for validation? A few weeks for a prototype seems reasonable, but even that can result in feedback that isn’t or isn’t considered fast enough.
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Re:Effective Engineer – Notes by brucephillips on Friday December 29, 2017 @05:56PM (#16032591)
It depends. Easily communicated product ideas can be validated on day 0 by talking to users.

Less easily communicated ideas often need at least a demo. Dropbox is one example.

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