You need to ship small improvements in a steady rhythm, but you also need the big spikes which represent the major releases. If you only ship minor things every week, people won't care. If you only ship one thing every year, people will forget. It's important to find a balance between both.
When it comes to quality, it's a matter of asking ourselves: "Are we proud of this?" There were two occasions when we discussed shipping this website sooner, but we decided to postpone it because it simply wasn't quite there yet. Sweating the details is more important than people think.
Shipping software, to me, is like a heartbeat.
You need to ship small improvements in a steady rhythm, but you also need the big spikes which represent the major releases. If you only ship minor things every week, people won't care. If you only ship one thing every year, people will forget. It's important to find a balance between both.
When it comes to quality, it's a matter of asking ourselves: "Are we proud of this?" There were two occasions when we discussed shipping this website sooner, but we decided to postpone it because it simply wasn't quite there yet. Sweating the details is more important than people think.