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It's probably past time to retire the philosophy of shipping a software MVP that makes trade offs on quality in order to collect user feedback early.
This advice made sense when there wasn't much software out there. But these days there's an explosion of software, and even tools like Google Sheets and Notion enable product workflows without building custom software. And in the age of AI, there's only going to be more software, along with LLMs that avoid the need to even use software.
So anyone building software needs to shift their mindset towards building novel software with craft and taste that is truly differentiated. A simple MVP won't cut it.
Your competition is no longer non-software solutions. It's probably existing, but sub-optimal software. Which means if you're going to compete with it, your software needs to be significantly better.
@shaneharter Definitely read some of the writings of @karrisaarinen at @linear. He speaks about the need to build with taste and quality when you are building in a mature market against incumbents.
Also @thedanigrant has talked about this as well.
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