BTW, since this Saturday is Alt.Net (local not conference) I plan to
do some planning of what a possible MVP might look like. Hopefully
I'll have some fellow brain stormers! I'd love to do a round robin
with the other Jedi. ;D

On Apr 12, 4:55 pm, Justin Bozonier <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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