Ask HN: What would you do differently?

Re:Ask HN: What would you do differently? by edw519 on Wednesday June 11, 2008 @12:57PM (#215019)

If I could go back in time, there's one major thing I would do differently. I would:

START WITH THE ANSWER, THEN WORK BACK.

I wasted way too much time "coding forward" from where I was at to where I wanted to be. I should have just mocked up the final product first, worked my way back to the building blocks, filled in the rest, and fixed what wasn't right. Would have saved years.

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Re:Ask HN: What would you do differently? by raju on Wednesday June 11, 2008 @03:24PM (#215161)

I think thats the philosophy 37 Signals' "Getting real" gets to. Start with what it should look like, and work backwards...

Good advice though. Thanks

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Re:Ask HN: What would you do differently? by chris_l on Wednesday June 11, 2008 @01:08PM (#215038)

Thanks, that sounds useful, I'll keep it in mind.

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