Lucas F. Costa • 8/17/2019

Don't write software like you write books: the value of delivering early and frequently

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The article contrasts traditional book publishing, with its slow, high-risk, all-or-nothing process, with software development, where zero-cost distribution enables rapid, incremental delivery. It argues that software teams should embrace frequent releases to validate hypotheses early, reduce the cost of failure, and avoid building too much of the wrong product, drawing parallels to practices like fault tolerance in systems.

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