Apps
That app you think is an amazing idea
The vast majority of the time, that app you think is an amazing idea isn’t. Startup L Jackson on web v/s native apps
Software
Technology
It’s a software world
It’s a software world. And because of software, it’s a soft world in a different sense, in the original sense of the world: it changes its shape easily. Frank Chimero, paraphrasing in his must-read peace What Screens Want
Usability
A happy middle ground where developers can apologize
There is a happy middle ground where developers can apologize and software can provide the user polite guidance about what to do next. Cooper Journal, ranting on too cute error messages (Wayback Machine)
Software
Shipping is a feature
Shipping is a feature. A really important feature. Your product must have it. Joel Spolsky, The Duct Tape Programmer
Software
The premise that software will do all their hard work
Some build their hopes and businesses on the premise that, in the end, software will do all their hard work. That is just wrong: For one, software always needs work. Hard work. And second, software works - loyally and almost exclusively so - fine for me. @BasL