Reflecting on 2017 by TFDIPosted on December 31, 2017 by Collin Biedenkapp
lead programmer at TFDi Design.
Folks,
As we prepare to wrap up 2017, I wanted to take a second to say a few things to the community.
Over the last year, we had one of the most stressful, but rewarding, development cycles weve ever had. Theres no doubt that when the 717 released at the end of 2016, we still had a lot of work to do; a lot more than we realized. The amount of support and patience the community has given us is humbling. In my opinion, weve learned more from the initial missteps, than we would have from a perfect launch. We got an opportunity to learn first hand, what not to do, as much as we learned what to do.
The Community Opt-in Beta has given us insights into how our product is used. As well as the problems users encounter that we never see, and has helped us identify such a wide range of inefficiencies or problems in the system that will help us pave the way for future products. In the years weve been in this market, the Community Opt-in Beta was, by far, the most effective testing method weve had. Although our intent wasnt to launch into a beta, that style of testing method is likely to be part...
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