top | item 47076126 (no title) contagiousflow | 10 days ago Do you think the product is not the code? discuss order hn newest icedchai|10 days ago From a user perspective, yes. The product is what it does, not how it does it. jimbokun|10 days ago But for the person building the product it very much is how it does it. load replies (1) munk-a|10 days ago It isn't, no one is buying code on it's own - but it's a component of the product. I dislike the phrasing above since it assumes the two are distinct things. jayd16|10 days ago Honestly, it never was. Personal projects not withstanding, if there is a product that should always be the focus. Code is only a means to that.
icedchai|10 days ago From a user perspective, yes. The product is what it does, not how it does it. jimbokun|10 days ago But for the person building the product it very much is how it does it. load replies (1)
jimbokun|10 days ago But for the person building the product it very much is how it does it. load replies (1)
munk-a|10 days ago It isn't, no one is buying code on it's own - but it's a component of the product. I dislike the phrasing above since it assumes the two are distinct things.
jayd16|10 days ago Honestly, it never was. Personal projects not withstanding, if there is a product that should always be the focus. Code is only a means to that.
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