Great advice from @theo-- which reminds me of a great Jobs quote: "You've got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology. You can't start with the technology and try to figure out where you are going to try and sell it."

@theo Since this is getting traction-- Of course tech-first thinking has a place, as AI today is in large part a success because of this. I think the problem is when UX-first products are led by people who do not understand the core user-experience.

@theo Also great advice from @garrytan ^ Looking forward to applying to YC next term 🧡

@shinyobjectz_ @theo This is how I burned 10 years in my Augmented Reality startup. Even after 10 years of grinding, could not find pmf

@shinyobjectz_ @theo i can, and i will, and it will still work

@shinyobjectz_ @theo that's a Steve Job's thing youtube.com/watch?v=oeqPrU…

@shinyobjectz_ @theo it was originally from Steve Jobs If I am not wrong. saw in some videos

@shinyobjectz_ @theo exactly. the best products feel inevitable once you use them, like they were built for you specifically. "copilot for X" is feature thinking. real product thinking asks: what job is the user trying to get done? technology should be invisible.

@shinyobjectz_ @theo That's something steve jobs has told before.

@shinyobjectz_ @theo Don’t we have the opposite saying too? Multiple things work in the world. But one consistent thing is being consistent I guess. 💪

@shinyobjectz_ @theo @samissudo check this out

@shinyobjectz_ @theo Well its not always true. Splinter Cell started from a technology. They created a new light system and looked at what game would showcase the most their new tech. And yes i know its a game but the logic still remain. You can create a software or device from a tech

@shinyobjectz_ @theo Timeless wisdom! How do you apply this principle in practice?

@shinyobjectz_ @theo What Steve says makes sense. But there are examples of technological achievements where customers have no conception of the the product vision. Google primarily works in this way. I am sure a balance is possible between the approaches.

@shinyobjectz_ @theo Theo doesnt know how to design lol

@shinyobjectz_ @theo It's crazy that we even think of that as backwards.

@shinyobjectz_ @theo Its the same philosophy as "Form Follows Function" Great products and services are great because they let the function (what they do/solve) guide they way they work

@shinyobjectz_ @theo That's such a great approach ( that's what I usually follow while working on projects)