Jason Fried makes his best ever post on the topic of software design yet. The "Getting Real" ethos is grounded in providing 'just enough' to make a product extremely valuable, but leaving enough out that the bits that remain totally rock. As they say: "Build half a product, not a half-ass product."

This time around, Jason talks about how certain features have been left out of Campfire. For example, there's no count of how many users are in the room. Why? Because it doesn't really matter if you can see their names. There's no way to do bold or italic text. Why? Because it doesn't really matter. If you want to shout you can use Caps Lock or stars.

It's important for me to remember these points when I'm working on stuff. Focus 100% on what matters and kick the chintz to the kerb.

Technorati Tags: 37signals, campfire, developing, development, gettingreal, design