Chris Hart

Product engineer and consultant. Pretty keen on the ol' software -

[Chris Hart @chrishartdev]

@craigsdennis VeLDÁ

[Chris Hart @chrishartdev]

@craigsdennis ¡Mirá vos!

[Jason Fried @jasonfried]

Faith in eventually.

Making something new takes patience. But it also takes faith. Faith that everything will work out in the end.

During the development of most any product, there are always times when things aren’t quite right. Times when you feel like you may be going backwards a bit. Times where it’s almost there, but you can’t yet figure out why it isn’t. Times when you hate the thing today that you loved yesterday. Times when what you had in your head isn’t quite what you’re seeing in front of you. Yet. That’s when you need to have faith.

There are designs that are close, but not there yet. There are obvious conflicts that will need to be resolved. There are lingering things that confound you, confuse you, or upset you, but you know that eventually they’ll work themselves out. Eventually you’ll find the right way to do something you’ve been struggling with.

It’s hard to live with something that isn’t quite right yet – especially when it’s your job to get it right. It’s important to know when to say “it’s fine for now, but it won’t be fine for later.” Because moving forward is critical to getting somewhere. And, eventually, you’ll figure it all out. It’ll all work out in the end.

This is what I’ve always believed, and have always tried to practice. A dedicated faith in the eventual resolution of a problem, the eventual execution of a concept, and the eventual realization of the right design. Even when something’s poking out you don’t like, or something isn’t aligning quite right, or the words aren’t as elegant as you’d hoped, or something just isn’t easy enough yet, you need to have confidence it’ll all come together eventually.

Remember that what you’re making is in a perpetual state of almost right up until the end. And it's never right even after.

In the meantime, you just press on and keep making things, trying things, and getting closer and closer to the time when you can tie the loose ends into a perfect bow and present it to the world. What fun it is!

[Chris Hart @chrishartdev]

@asmartbear Let's go, not go.

[Matthew Prince 🌥 @eastdakota]

There a LOT of performative AI right now. Inside your org it wastes tokens/money. In biz dev it’s a distraction. Focus purely on ROI.

[Mitchell Hashimoto @mitchellh]

@TommyGriffith @yacineMTB Think (use AI, but think)

[ThePrimeagen @ThePrimeagen]

One of the biggest anit-ai stances I have is that resilience is becoming a lost art.

Learned helplessness on full display regularly

[Chris Hart @chrishartdev]

@ritakozlov @Cloudflare As someone who faffed about with Xvfb to do browser rendering 10+ years ago, I can't get enough of this

Thank you

[Chris Hart @chrishartdev]

@paulbohm

[Chris Hart @chrishartdev]

@dok2001 @eastdakota Looks like International Orange as used on the Golden Gate Bridge in SF and the 25 de Abril Bridge in Lisbon - quite fitting.

https://t.co/2mSUAcOMUD

[Chris Hart @chrishartdev]

@thdxr Market-product fit at that rate, congrats

[dax @thdxr]

the way everyone does branding/marketing is trying to imagine how they want people to see them

but the task is figuring out who you actually are because that's the only thing you can actually pull off

[Jason Fried @jasonfried]

The last 20% isn't most of the work, it's all of the work.

[Chris Hart @chrishartdev]

@dwlz This guy products

[Dan Loewenherz @dwlz]

If I ever start another B2B company I'm never charging for SSO.

No matter how much anyone begs me to agree to it. It is a unequivocal no. Just pure rent-seeking behavior.

I will die on this hill.

[Chris Hart @chrishartdev]

"amateurs don't know what to do

professionals know what not to do"

[Chris Hart @chrishartdev]

@thdxr the dinosaur

[Chris Hart @chrishartdev]

@kathyyliao

[Chris Hart @chrishartdev]

@dwlz Thoughts and prayers

[Chris Hart @chrishartdev]

@dwlz shut up $bird