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> "Embrace simplicity in your product and in your code. The value is in what gets used, not what gets built."

There are all sorts of values. Usage value is only one of. If all that gets built is judged by what gets used, then a lot of great things won't get built.

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There is a huge difference between building a product/startup and building something for the sake of building it. The first almost exclusively lives or dies by the value perceived by its users.

1. "The value is in what gets used" 2. "the value perceived by its users."

Those are two types of value and they are, like, totally, not the same...

there is also marketing value. features that may rarely get used but many potential customers won't give your product a second glance if you don't have them.

" If all that gets built is judged by what gets used, then a lot of great things won't get built." - isn't that the point??

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