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Big companies have software designed by committee to avoid disasters, so a startup wins design wars by having the same people design and implement the product.

Drawn from what Paul Graham said

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design How things should be made and judged: what makes a design good, who should do the designing, and what an interface is for.

On the topicWho should design software, and how?under our view: One person of taste has to be in charge, because design by committee is bad design

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What Paul Graham actually said

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  1. Paul Graham

    Co-founder of Y Combinator and Viaweb

    The place to fight design wars is in new markets, where no one has yet managed to establish any fortifications. That's where you can win big by taking the bold approach to design, and having the same people both design and implement the product.

    Where this was said

    ↗Hackers and Painterspaulgraham.com

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