Nice to see a story about a Third world problem for a change.
Nice to see a story about a Third world problem for a change. There are some great lessons for entrepreneurs and product managers here. Ferroni was able to perceive the villagers' (unmet) need and come up with a solution that met that need in a way that dovetailed with their culture and way of life. Understanding users' needs is an essential skill for product managers. Hence the commonly-given advice to "scratch your own itch" - it's easy to understand users' needs if you, yourself, are a typical user. Creating a product that you wouldn't use is more difficult. You have to step into the user's shoes and understand their needs. It requires empathy and the ability to discard one's preconceptions. How common are those traits in the average Silicon Valley startup?
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To be fair, Inform7 can't succeed, generally, because there is no market for the kind of games that you create with Inform7.
> The notion that somehow LR reliability is misunderstood by Consumer Reports, JD Power, Car & Driver, Automobile etc.
Custom trigger IDs are not displayed in the new 2026.10 trigger selector
I hate that too, but I think it’s more the ux than the concept of a default.
> The biggest problem with UX developers is they know better than you AND force you into their paradigm.
"Focus follows mouse" is what I use to keep the file manager from popping up when click-dragging files.
The biggest problem with this is if the target URL doesn't load but also doesn't quickly error out, like e.g.
Google wants to build up a private web here.
Nice to see a story about a Third world problem for a change.
Nice to see a story about a Third world problem for a change. There are some great lessons for entrepreneurs and product managers here. Ferroni was able to perceive the villagers' (unmet) need and come up with a solution that met that need in a way that dovetailed with their culture and way of life. Understanding users' needs is an essential skill for product managers. Hence the commonly-given advice to "scratch your own itch" - it's easy to understand users' needs if you, yourself, are a typical user. Creating a product that you wouldn't use is more difficult. You have to step into the user's shoes and understand their needs. It requires empathy and the ability to discard one's preconceptions. How common are those traits in the average Silicon Valley startup?
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