# Six Principles for Making New Things - Host: [simpable.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/simpable.com/) - Saved: February 28, 2008 (2008-02-28T17:10:58Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c404ab6ba721/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c404ab6ba721.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) I read a great quote the other day from Paul Graham which I just cannot get out of my head. I like to find (a) simple solutions (b) to overlooked problems (c) that actually need to be solved, and (d) deliver them as informally as possible, (e) starting with a very crude version 1, then (f) iterating rapidly. [Six Principles for Making New Things] via [Derek Powazek] For me, this goes back to my 1000 lines of code post, "if you cannot build an interesting working version of an application in less than 1000 lines of code, you are likely over complicating things". Keep it simple and get it out in front of people. There is always a fear (especially in product development) that you are leaving out the killer feature or an obvious use case. But sometimes the best thing you can do is release it, see how customers use it, and improve it. Posted to Software and tagged as code , quotes Similar Posts 1000 Lines Of Code Unfuddle == BaseCamp For Developers Graffiti CMS FAQ ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [Life on a Mac - the Grass is Greener](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/30e09f333400/) (simpable.com, December 12, 2007) - [What Software do I use on the Mac?](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/fc692afec999/) (simpable.com, December 28, 2007) - [Mix, Twitter, and Hashtags](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b74bbff0a082/) (simpable.com, March 3, 2008) - [Simplifying ASP.Net - NVelocity](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/2caf72cbae3d/) (simpable.com, May 12, 2008) ## Saved the same week - [CalorieKing - Diet & Weight Loss Software for Mac OS X](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b7dc2e645fd6/) (calorieking.com, February 27, 2008) - [March 6th Date Set for Apples iPhone Software Roadmap Event](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/a291d5f3fd11/) (techcrunch.com, February 27, 2008) - [Favorit fixes some of Google Reader's shortcomings, adds own](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b6283d24c07a/) (cnet.com, February 27, 2008) - [Optimizing a VPS for Getting Dugg | Hopeless Geek](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/49fac1307133/) (hopelessgeek.com, February 28, 2008) - [Optimizing MySQL and Apache for Low Memory Usage, Part 1](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c56876e9fedd/) (emergent.urbanpug.com, February 28, 2008) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://simpable.com/software/six-principles/