| Essay 18 | Constrain All of Your Parameters |
In the previous essay, we saw how time constraints turn pet projects into real products. But time isn’t the only parameter we can constrain. All software costs money to build. So, put a cap on it. Capping cost makes us creative. It helps us figure out a more efficient way of using our resources.
Consider all the sad stories of lottery winners who go from working nine-to-five jobs to suddenly having more cash than they know what to do with. Rather than save their money, they go off throwing it away on things like...yachts. They give away thousands to long-lost relatives. After a while, many of them go into debt and are worse off than had they not won at all. They didn’t realize a million dollars is ...
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