"Talk is cheap. Show me the code" Torvalds, Linus (2000-08-25)
Surprised this quote didn't get mentioned already.
FWIW... on a first glance, i parsed the submitted title as
"don't write, code first".
lol.
On a more serious note, I wonder if the folks at Xerox Parc would have created the mouse/various interface hacks had they thought about the biz. On the contrary it was the "business concerns" that decided to not continue it further.
That said, code itself has its own consumers/customers who will use what you create. And that's selling in its own right. eg: jQuery's decision to incorporate chaining, selectors, more functional aspects.
When i write frameworks or libraries, I always try to start with the api/wrapper first, and then work on the internals. can't remember the threads, but am sure there have been a bunch of HN threads on just this subject.
FWIW... on a first glance, i parsed the submitted title as
lol.On a more serious note, I wonder if the folks at Xerox Parc would have created the mouse/various interface hacks had they thought about the biz. On the contrary it was the "business concerns" that decided to not continue it further.
That said, code itself has its own consumers/customers who will use what you create. And that's selling in its own right. eg: jQuery's decision to incorporate chaining, selectors, more functional aspects.
When i write frameworks or libraries, I always try to start with the api/wrapper first, and then work on the internals. can't remember the threads, but am sure there have been a bunch of HN threads on just this subject.
~B