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2 items tagged “prototypes”

2020

Demos, Prototypes, and MVPs (via) I really like how Jacob describes the difference between a demo and a prototype: a demo is externally facing and helps explain a concept to a customer; a prototype is internally facing and helps prove that something can be built. # 16th January 2020, 8:24 pm

2008

The Universal Design Pattern. Steve Yegge presents a small book on key/value pairs and prototypal inheritance. “I call it the Universal design pattern because it is (by far) the best known solution to the problem of designing open-ended systems, which in turn translates to long-lived systems.” # 20th October 2008, 11:13 pm