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You're probably adding features to fix problems when you should be perfecting the core experience — this breaks down why Slack beat crowded competition by *removing* distractions, not adding them. The trap you're falling into is scope creep; this shows you how ruthless focus on 'less, better' creates the product/market fit that makes users overlook what's missing.
You'll watch someone take a complex optimization problem (weighted employee locations, traffic, amenities) and package it as a SaaS product with a patent filing and a licensing model — the kind of real-world productization you skip when you're just hacking demos together. This is what happens after the code works.
You're probably adding features to fix problems when you should be perfecting the core experience — this breaks down why Slack beat crowded competition by *removing* distractions, not adding them. The trap you're falling into is scope creep; this shows you how ruthless focus on 'less, better' creates the product/market fit that makes users overlook what's missing.
You'll watch someone take a complex optimization problem (weighted employee locations, traffic, amenities) and package it as a SaaS product with a patent filing and a licensing model — the kind of real-world productization you skip when you're just hacking demos together. This is what happens after the code works.