korrents

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People using a product in a way it was not designed for is a strong sign to build a product for that use.

Drawn from what Boris Cherny said

What these subjects mean

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

customer demand Where demand for a product comes from: whether it is already there to be found, or is made by the people selling.

Can you create demand, or only find it?under our view: What people already do with their own hands shows where demand is

What Boris Cherny actually said

  1. Boris Cherny Creator of Claude Code at Anthropic
    So when you see people abusing the product in this way, using it in a way that it wasn't designed in order to do something that is useful for them, it's just such a strong indicator that you should just build a product and people are going to like that.

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