Name It, and They Will Come — overreacted
13 hours ago
- The author describes the journey of discovering a new idea, building it into a project, and preparing for its public launch.
- Upon release, the project receives mostly irrelevant feedback, focusing on coding style, design, or generic industry debates rather than the core idea.
- The author suggests that truly novel ideas lack a shared vocabulary, causing people to fall back on discussing familiar topics like formatting or industry gossip.
- To overcome this, the author advises naming the problem and telling a story to make the new idea understandable and discussable.