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Fewer features, more care

A field guide to saying no.

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Saying no well

A feature that nobody needed is a cost you will pay for years. This is a short field guide to declining kindly and clearly.

The guide

  • Thank the person for the idea, and mean it.
  • Say what you are optimizing for instead.
  • Leave the door open for a season from now.
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