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When customers request a feature, what they most want is a commitment: Yes, we'll do that! And that's the most tempting thing in the world to offer them. But you're better off saying THANK YOU and meaning it, without binding yourself to a specific solution.

133,402 просмотров • 2 лет назад •via X (Twitter)

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Фото профиля DHH
DHH2 лет назад

Full podcast episode here:

Фото профиля Tanmay Das
Tanmay Das2 лет назад

Most people cannot resist this temptation because of this mindset: “Oh shit, if I don’t make a commitment, one of the 50 competitors will and I will lose my customer.” …without realizing the fact that doing this will slow down the development of other top-priority features for which 10 customers are waiting.

Фото профиля Niko E.
Niko E.2 лет назад

I have worked in customer request mode. It genuinely produces shitty software because of multiple reasons. Most prominent among them, customer knows nothing about designing good user interfaces let alone good software.

Фото профиля Rodrigo Rojo
Rodrigo Rojo2 лет назад

I'm all in about this. The user has a pain, but its the dev decision what is the best answer (if any). When i have a pain, i call a doctor. Automedication is never the answer. BUT It would be amazing in hey that i can clic the mail of a contact and automagically copy it :)

Фото профиля Jeff Hansen
Jeff Hansen2 лет назад

@jasonfried “We have to work on our customers’ behalf and not their requests” — good hell that is amazingly put. Thanks

Фото профиля devtails
devtails2 лет назад

Would you change your approach earlier on in the process? e.g. say you have only one pilot customer.

Фото профиля Nixon Flax
Nixon Flax2 лет назад

Hey customers, Go away! chad move

Фото профиля Ayla Croft
Ayla Croft2 лет назад

I hear this from almost every successful developer & have decided to lock it in my mental vault.

Фото профиля Nathan Wailes 🇺🇦🇹🇼
Nathan Wailes 🇺🇦🇹🇼2 лет назад

Why not just have the UI able to allow the user to specify the toggles that should be visible? Like, that's how Chrome extensions work: you download and enable the extensions you want. IMO a better rationale for not building it is that it isn't a common enough problem.

Фото профиля The Canaanite
The Canaanite2 лет назад

Well said! But by doing so, they paint the path of climbing the mountain of product market fit. Up to us to choose how to best climb it in the most optimal fashion at that moment.

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