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Re:Good software knows when to stop by catlifeonmars on Friday March 06, 2026 @02:07AM (#47271909)
Well to me it sounded like they followed the first part (ignore feature requests) and failed at the second part.

Just build the feature is the wrong lesson to learn. The right lesson is to expend more effort to understand; and yes, part of that _could_ involve shipping the feature in order to get data/feedback.

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Re:Good software knows when to stop by john_strinlai on Friday March 06, 2026 @08:44AM (#47274813)
>Just build the feature is the wrong lesson to learn.

good thing i didnt say anything remotely similar to this

in fact, i very specifically say almost the complete opposite! "while your default mode might be (and perhaps should be) to ignore feature requests".

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