Why Cutting Features Is a Design Skill
Removing features often strengthens value.
Removing features often strengthens value.
When everything is possible, deciding what not to do becomes the real work.
Last week’s LinkedIn post about AI-assisted coding clearly struck a nerve.
More people are pausing and asking a simple but powerful question: “Should I really be paying this much for that?” This isn’t about rejecting tools. It’s about choosing them with intention and knowing when building it yourself or open source might actually be the better fit.
At small scale, effort and structure can look identical. At scale, only systems compound.