a single source, nothing corroborates it
Refuse to let the name block the build
Give the codebase a throwaway internal name and carry on, because naming is the most available way to feel productive while nothing ships. Settling for something adequate counts as progress in itself.
The method
- 01
Do not let the absence of a name delay building: give the codebase a throwaway internal name and move on.
- 02
Do not let naming block progress: pick something adequate so you can stop thinking about it.
What it returned
The Rails application behind ConvertKit was named MailApp and still is
Zue crowdsourced names on Twitter, saw most options disliked, settled on one he described as not great, and counted it as a milestone simply because the decision was over.
Sources
- There and back again: the story of renaming ConvertKitNathan Barry · nathanbarry.com · ConvertKit: a name that served us well · 2020-08-04
- Lost in the woods of product developmentCory Zue · coryzue.com · Major Milestones · 2019-04-01
the second source
Three plays a week, for the phase you are in
No roundup of links, no news. Three tactics more than one builder arrived at separately, with the numbers each one returned and the disagreements left in.
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