Basement Files 111

It's that interesting stage where most of the questioning & designing is done and its all about making pragmatic choices. Is this necessary? Often things that seemed very important in the early design phase can feel superfluous in this more practical phase.

Basement Files 111

Week 3 and we're really starting to hit a groove. It's that interesting stage where most of the questioning & designing is done and its all about making pragmatic choices. Is this necessary? Often things that seemed very important in the early design phase can feel superfluous in this more practical phase.

The trick is not letting that impulse run riot. Shipping something that is easy to build but not valuable is pointless. So I'm refining my sense of what's worth spending the time on. I don't think there is any other way to learn this particular skill other than just doing it over and over again.

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