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Discussion on: Psst... I can build this in a weekend!

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Randall

Obligatory mention of the 80-20 rule. Often you can build something 80% functional in a weekend. It's the last 20% that takes a while :) I see this pattern play out sometimes after our internal hackathons. Someone throws something demo-able together in a day, but making it production ready takes a lot longer (if we even decide to do that).

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Shobhit🎈✨

80-20 is the perfect way to describe this feeling!

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Aatmaj

Yep
God lies in the details. And the details take a lot longer than the other parts.

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Shailen Naidoo

I tend to flip it around and do the 20% first and then do the 80% (implementation) as that is the best way to go about it. Some people create the path and build while I prefer to open the path and determine what is needed beforehand so that the road is clear for development.