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What if we added a social component like "Stories" to this calculator app? (i.postimg.cc)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] 79 points 2 years ago (4 children)

You don't understand! If you don't keep adding new features, people will stop using your app!

Who wants simple apps that just work as intended, am I right?

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  • [–] 46 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The UNIX Tools Philosophy is that tools should do one thing, and they should do it well.
    I wish more things followed this philosophy.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    The actual problem is if you don't add new features, there's nothing for people to do beyond maintenance and you aren't going to keep good developers to only stick around for that.

    So your option is new features or a new app entirely, but coming up with other good apps isn't easy and is a huge risk.

    So if you actually did good market research and spoke to users, you could find new features to add.

    Beyond a tiny company or sole developer, it doesn't really work.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Get out of here with these facts and work on that UI redesign we're due to ship next year.

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