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Re:Show HN: Inlets – Expose your local endpoints to the Inte... by arbie on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @02:08AM (#19197204)
> Make a small prototype and show it to your boss, they now think it's fully working (Prototype/WIP/etc... means nothing to some people) and they start to show it around aaaand before you know it ...

What is the best way to avoid this trap, short of making your prototypes purposefully buggy and incomplete?

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Re:Show HN: Inlets – Expose your local endpoints to the Inte... by duiker101 on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @03:29AM (#19197482)
I am afraid that even that would not work, in my opinion the best solution is be aware of it and try to always have prototype that you are confident enough you could release and keep working on.
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Re:Show HN: Inlets – Expose your local endpoints to the Inte... by thecatspaw on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @03:51AM (#19197564)
Wipe data every X days and display a huge red header warning of this.
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