Perfect time to launch? Buggy VS Perfection

2nd option.

Perfection is a moving target. A product will continuously get better. The sooner we launch the better.

Nice thread

I know there are different schools of thought on this; I think of it as a chart with 'critical bugs' on the x axis and 'size of launch' on the y axis. If you're launching to thousands of users and it's really buggy, probably not the best idea since you might turn away people + you just won't have the capacity to fix all tickets. If you have a buggy product and launch to 100-200 people, could be great to get the feedback you need to move it forward.

Depends on what kinds of bugs do you have. Definitely your app shouldn't contain critical bugs overall. Core featues should work correctly too.

I try to opt for “satisfied but not perfect” there is something to be said for someone who cares and takes pride in their craft and only puts something out that they can personally endorse. I think the technology community has a toxic idea about how it treats product and customers with the often used but misunderstood term MVP. As a creator you must know when something is done, what the product needs to achieve, but you should never put out junk for the sake of speed. Sometimes, it’s done, when it’s done. The hard part as a creator is knowing the difference. I was once told by a really great designer that “design is about constraints” it’s the decisions you make within these constraints that can make your product human and memorable even if you were striving for the illusion of perfection.

I wouldn't launch a buggy app. There is nothing worse than features that don't work. Instead, I would suggest focusing on a small feature, which solves a problem, making it work, and launching it ASAP.

Build a bug free product. If you were a chef entering a cooking contest, you wouldn't even think about cooking a recipe if one or more essential ingredients were missing. Lunching a buggy product will waste your opportunity to make a great first impression.