One of my favorite recent blog posts describes the process of developing software as a game of inches. If you like such links, be sure to also check out Dave Winer’s (very old) post about the same thing, which has this fabulous quote:
So when I say “inch by inch” — that’s what I mean. To create a usable piece of software, you have to fight for every fix, every feature, every little accomodation that will get one more person up the curve. There are no shortcuts. Luck is involved, but you don’t win by being lucky, it happens because you fought for every inch.
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