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Build a system, not a solution

A one-off is cheaper to build and more expensive to keep. Whatever ships becomes the pattern the next person copies, so I get that one right first.

Advanced on request, not on arrival

Every feature shown by default is one a newcomer has to rule out. Experts will go looking for the rest. Newcomers just leave.

Flexible where it has already bent

Hard-coding is cheaper to reason about, so I buy flexibility only where a requirement has already changed twice. Never before that.

Twelve rows and two million

Most things are designed against a demo dataset of twelve rows. The same design at two million is a different system.

Small flaws aren't small

The interface is the only part of the company most users ever meet. One rough edge costs more trust than a dozen polished details earn.

Be finished, be done

A feature that's 90% done isn't 90% of a feature. Four things finished beat six things nearly there, and beta means beta.

Build a system, not a solution

A one-off is cheaper to build and more expensive to keep. Whatever ships becomes the pattern the next person copies, so I get that one right first.

Advanced on request, not on arrival

Every feature shown by default is one a newcomer has to rule out. Experts will go looking for the rest. Newcomers just leave.

Flexible where it has already bent

Hard-coding is cheaper to reason about, so I buy flexibility only where a requirement has already changed twice. Never before that.

Twelve rows and two million

Most things are designed against a demo dataset of twelve rows. The same design at two million is a different system.

Small flaws aren't small

The interface is the only part of the company most users ever meet. One rough edge costs more trust than a dozen polished details earn.

Be finished, be done

A feature that's 90% done isn't 90% of a feature. Four things finished beat six things nearly there, and beta means beta.

Build a system, not a solution

A one-off is cheaper to build and more expensive to keep. Whatever ships becomes the pattern the next person copies, so I get that one right first.

Advanced on request, not on arrival

Every feature shown by default is one a newcomer has to rule out. Experts will go looking for the rest. Newcomers just leave.

Flexible where it has already bent

Hard-coding is cheaper to reason about, so I buy flexibility only where a requirement has already changed twice. Never before that.

Twelve rows and two million

Most things are designed against a demo dataset of twelve rows. The same design at two million is a different system.

Small flaws aren't small

The interface is the only part of the company most users ever meet. One rough edge costs more trust than a dozen polished details earn.

Be finished, be done

A feature that's 90% done isn't 90% of a feature. Four things finished beat six things nearly there, and beta means beta.