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← If the people building a product would not use it with their own money, it is not good enough.

17 connected korrents · 17 moments from 8 Jan 2013 to 4 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under design design Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under open source open source Everything filed under developer tools developer tools Everything filed under Apple Apple Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: If the people building a product would not use it with their own money, it is not good enough. If the people building a product would notuse it with their own money, it is notgood enough. Last stated 5 months ago 28 Apr 2026 PD Polly D'Arcy — holds since 2026-04-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Companies now build internal tools not to save money but for the purpose, intention and goal of the tool. — tap to centre the map on it Companies now build internal toolsnot to save money but for thepurpose, intention and goal of thetool. Last stated a month ago 2 Sept 2026 ER Evil Rabbit — holds since 2026-09-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Adding things to a product is not the goal and is not what makes it more useful to more people. — tap to centre the map on it Adding things to a product is notthe goal and is not what makes itmore useful to more people. Last stated 4 weeks ago 8 Sept 2026 RU Roman Ugarte — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: You can build anything now, but not everything is worth building; what matters is whether ideas take a shape somebody else would want to use. — tap to centre the map on it You can build anything now, but noteverything is worth building; whatmatters is whether ideas take ashape somebody else would want touse. Last stated a month ago 25 Aug 2026 JB John Bai — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building a business on open source is a good thing; the objection is to trademark abuse, not to commercial use. — tap to centre the map on it Building a business on open sourceis a good thing; the objection is totrademark abuse, not to commercialuse. Last stated 2 years ago 14 Oct 2024 MM Matt Mullenweg — holds since 2024-10-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is not appropriate to donate to your own employer, however good a giving opportunity it would otherwise be. — tap to centre the map on it It is not appropriate to donate toyour own employer, however good agiving opportunity it wouldotherwise be. Last stated 12 years ago 17 Dec 2014 EH Elie Hassenfeld — holds since 2014-12-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Pursuing more profitability is not always the right business decision. — tap to centre the map on it Pursuing more profitability is notalways the right business decision. Last stated 2 weeks ago 21 Sept 2026 HD Horace Dediu — holds since 2026-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Company sponsorships, not individual ones, are where open source funding has to come from. — tap to centre the map on it Company sponsorships, not individualones, are where open source fundinghas to come from. Last stated 7 years ago 24 May 2019 NA Nadia Asparouhova — no longer holds since 2019-05-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: You cannot A/B test your way into a really great product. — tap to centre the map on it You cannot A/B test your way into areally great product. Last stated a year ago 21 Sept 2025 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2025-09-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate negotiating an offershould make every ask fit one lineof logic. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AW Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it A big part of taste is deliveringhigh levels of craft in anaccessible way so that as manypeople as possible can experienceit. Last stated 5 months ago 21 Apr 2026 BJ Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it A company name can have differentappeal to corporate buyers versustheir customers. Last stated yesterday 4 Oct 2026 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it A first draft should not be gradedgood or bad; it is only the materialthat taste then gets to act on. Last stated 2 months ago 6 Aug 2026 GS George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A system trained only on what is already known cannot produce genuine surprises, because a known thing stops being a surprise. — tap to centre the map on it A system trained only on what isalready known cannot produce genuinesurprises, because a known thingstops being a surprise. Last stated 2 weeks ago 18 Sept 2026 CD Cory Doctorow — holds since 2026-09-18 — tap for who they are
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At the centre If the people building a product would not use it with their own money, it is not good enough. Last stated 28 Apr 2026 · 5 months ago Holds Polly D'Arcy Read this korrent →