Hey hn. Sorry that it's vague. I'll take the time to fill in the details if A List Apart ever comes calling. Otherwise, I'm too lazy to blog, hence you could call it "an exercise for the reader."
use it yourself, "eat your own dogfood" or however you would like to describe it. That's the most important one for me. If you're not using it to solve your own problems then what are you building it for?
Also, if you're interested in what I've been working on lately, check out baconfile.com (web interface for sharing files via Amazon S3) and leafychat.com (web IRC client).
This is ridiculous. 19 lines of mediocre catchphrases, half of which don't even make sense: "8 - don't wanker in technology". OK, I won't "wanker in technology".
Even if Ms Culver is some kind of mini-celebrity in the startup community - and honestly I had to look her up - I don't think she deserves a free pass with no-effort garbage like this. And when I saw it, it's #2 on HN. Really? This?
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"I’ve been keeping a gist of web product guidelines for myself. It’s pretty much a list of stuff I tell entrepreneurs when they asked me what I’ve learned from Pownce (from a product point of view) and also what I try to remind myself when working on new projects. I thought I’d re-post them here for fun. If I’m missing anything, be sure to comment."
"Don't wanker in technology" just means not to get too caught up in background technology at the expense of your end users and end product.
For example, instead of switching to a trendy key-value store (or developing their own), FriendFeed has done some incredible database stuff on top of MySQL. It was the right solution for them (even if it is less cool) and it helped scale their architecture quickly.
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Even if Ms Culver is some kind of mini-celebrity in the startup community - and honestly I had to look her up - I don't think she deserves a free pass with no-effort garbage like this. And when I saw it, it's #2 on HN. Really? This?
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[+] [-] sjs382|16 years ago|reply
And also note the companion blog post: http://leahculver.com/2009/07/14/web-product-guildelines/
"I’ve been keeping a gist of web product guidelines for myself. It’s pretty much a list of stuff I tell entrepreneurs when they asked me what I’ve learned from Pownce (from a product point of view) and also what I try to remind myself when working on new projects. I thought I’d re-post them here for fun. If I’m missing anything, be sure to comment."
[+] [-] leahculver|16 years ago|reply
For example, instead of switching to a trendy key-value store (or developing their own), FriendFeed has done some incredible database stuff on top of MySQL. It was the right solution for them (even if it is less cool) and it helped scale their architecture quickly.
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