The saddest “just ship it” story (2020)

Re:The saddest “just ship it” story (2020) by pkrumins on Thursday May 12, 2022 @11:37AM (#31355714)

You're so wrong. I built it and they came. And when I say they, I mean millions of users. Here's my blog post about it: https://catonmat.net/if-you-build-it-they-will-come

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Re:The saddest “just ship it” story (2020) by pflenker on Thursday May 12, 2022 @02:32PM (#31358273)

Congratulations! Though in claiming that since it worked in your case, it will work in the majority of cases you commit the anecdotal evidence fallacy.

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Re:The saddest “just ship it” story (2020) by pkrumins on Friday May 13, 2022 @01:52AM (#31363823)

Thanks! I love the anecdotal evidence fallacy. It's my favorite fallacy.

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Re:The saddest “just ship it” story (2020) by aliswe on Thursday May 12, 2022 @05:47PM (#31360538)

aka Survivorship bias.

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Re:The saddest “just ship it” story (2020) by pkrumins on Friday May 13, 2022 @01:51AM (#31363818)

Aka the best type of bias.

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Re:The saddest “just ship it” story (2020) by HWR_14 on Friday May 13, 2022 @11:11AM (#31368685)

It's certainly the best bias to suffer from as it means your project succeeded. It does mean people should take your advice with a grain of salt.

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