How to create the perfect prototype
summary
Mint Digital claims a repeatable process that builds focused prototypes in four days using Rails + Heroku with templates, tests, frequent deploys and known gotchas like Heroku ephemeral storage (use S3). Small teams make fast decisions, avoid bloat, and ship daily. A charity prototype Purple Ninja fails user tests quickly; that is expected and cheap. Foldable Me grows out of a prototype into a real business, showing the approach can work when it actually validates the idea.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Intro
- 1:26A prototype is not
- 3:44Bloat
- 4:19Lack of focus
- 6:37Dressing gowns
- 7:02Hacking
- 7:44Hacks over the years
- 10:51Hack weeks as a training scheme
- 12:48Hack weeks with a client
- 14:08Problems with prototypes
- 17:54Templates
- 20:10Testing
- 21:02Deploying
- 22:15Shipping
- 24:44Throw it all away
- 25:53Coding the best prototype you can in a short space of time
- 26:39How to create the perfect prototype
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