08-18-2008, 04:15 PM
Much of what I get is "other websites have [xyz feature], it can't be that hard to do?"
When I ask for an example, I get Amazon or Macy*s.com or some VC-funded site with a huge staff of developers plus offshore help.
And it's not that these things are impossible, it's that people underestimate the sweat, toil and time it takes to do them.
This is an article I like to refer to, or refer people to when they say things like that:
http://www.37signals.com/svn/archives2/r...mation.php
When I ask for an example, I get Amazon or Macy*s.com or some VC-funded site with a huge staff of developers plus offshore help.
And it's not that these things are impossible, it's that people underestimate the sweat, toil and time it takes to do them.
This is an article I like to refer to, or refer people to when they say things like that:
http://www.37signals.com/svn/archives2/r...mation.php