That's precisely my point, although reading back I did a terrible job at making my point. I'm not a quick awesome rockstar or w.e. - I just know the value of getting something into users hands fast and finding out what my users think is important. With that motivation you don't sit around all day theorizing and rewriting your perfect little flawless gem and you get something out there that is always a little dirty, but continually meeting a need rather than sitting around fluffing someones ego.
Their end product took quite a few iterations because they saw things they thought were better and started over so many times. You don't do that when you are solving problems for people, you can't just throw something away so you get dirty and you solve real problems. Sure, you're not going to win internet points on hacker news for the most pornographic code base, but you're actually helping someone with your code.
Their end product took quite a few iterations because they saw things they thought were better and started over so many times. You don't do that when you are solving problems for people, you can't just throw something away so you get dirty and you solve real problems. Sure, you're not going to win internet points on hacker news for the most pornographic code base, but you're actually helping someone with your code.