Bastien Guerry

Computers and freedom

Conventional wisdom for developers and entrepreneurs, explained in paintings

"The usefulness of a notion pleads not for its clarity, but rather for the need to clarify it." – Nelson Goodman

To those who asked and those who are still wondering: yes, this is all ironical.

Be bold

https://www.wga.hu/art/a/alenza/satire.jpg

If it works, don't fix it

https://emotifsdotorg.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/puitspendulewb2.jpg

Your product roadmap is a living document

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/JEAN_LOUIS_TH%C3%89ODORE_G%C3%89RICAULT_-_La_Balsa_de_la_Medusa_%28Museo_del_Louvre%2C_1818-19%29.jpg

Ask for forgiveness, not permission

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Test/User-driven development

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81xcJrAqviL.jpg

They did not know it was impossible so they did it

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81VSxaXs06L._SY606_.jpg

Do things that don't scale

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/fc/c3/ed/fcc3ed1c7cf245069bec84b66321c0c2.jpg

Do one thing and do it well

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Release early, release often

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