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I first heard of the phrase "incremental correctness" from Guillermo Rauch during our Design Details interview over 2 years ago.† Since then, the concept has been weaving its way through all parts of my life, inside and outside of design and technology. It's become a mantra of sorts at GitHub, thanks to the reliable repetition of the phrase in almost every conversation with Max Schoening. Incremental correctness is the process of iterating towards something more truthful, accurate, usable, or interesting. The faster we can iterate, the faster we can discover good ideas. Things aren't perfect today, but tomorrow things can be slightly closer to perfect. Incremental correctness changes everything about the way you work. It's anti-perfectionism. It's pro-generation. It's about discovery and proof, research and prototyping, and having a framework to reliably test your instincts. It discourages major redesigns, preferring isolated improvements to a small subset of nodes in any kind of worki

I first heard of the phrase "incremental correctness" from Guillermo Rauch during our Design Details interview over 2 years ago.† Since then, the concept has been weaving its way through all parts of my life, inside and outside of design and technology. It's become a mantra of sorts at GitHub, thanks to the reliable repetition of the phrase in almost every conversation with Max Schoening. Incremental correctness is the process of iterating towards something more truthful, accurate, usable, or interesting. The faster we can iterate, the faster we can discover good ideas. Things aren't…

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