Umm.. **I** have to be able to use it ASAP. I don't care about others on
this project because it is mine. I need it to get to an MVP ASAP so:

* I don't get bored and abandon it
* I can show it to people and get ego points and be proud
* Other people can use it to "Code like Bozo"(tm)
* I need to make sure that, while this is all totally code cuddling, I'm
GSDW.


On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 4:42 PM, Tim Erickson <[email protected]> wrote:

> Honestly, Justin, I wonder re: the validity of Minimal Viable Product here,
> unless your potential customer pool is 1 (one).  A Jedi never sells his
> lightsaber, and you're liable to cut yourself on mine if you borrow it.  But
> analogies aside, I think the value of this exercise diminishes quickly once
> you start imagining what another developer wants and stop asking yourself
> what you need.  The overlap between different developers' needs is
> interesting in the abstract but less practical in building one's own IDE.
>
>  An anxiety of mine in this exercise is that someone will imagine so many
> different things that people might need, that we/they'll end up with another
> VS, or worse yet, a plug-in ecosystem (Eclipse anyone?).
> Am I alone here?  I'm happier that way, if I am, anyway ;-)
>
> Tim
>
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 4:35 PM, Justin Bozonier <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Haha!
>>
>> No way! Dog food it! That'll get you to a minimal viable product quick!
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 4:32 PM, Ian Davis <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Now that's just counter productive - especially if you have bugs in the
>>> open/edit/save code. Build the IDE with the IDE once it makes you
>>> better/faster and start to GSDW. Doesn't do any good to look like a VIM newb
>>> in your own IDE ;)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Justin Bozonier 
>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Oh and extra points if you build your IDE with your IDE. ;) Hawt
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>
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