Scope down!

Sam and Ryan talk about lessons from Jason Fried's Q&A about scoping down product features, and how that applies to our open-source work. They also talk about inlining critical-path CSS with FastBoot.

Topics include:

• Inlining CSS with FastBoot (0:08)
• Scoping down (14:26)
  • Jason Fried's Q&A at Laracon
  • Scoping down at work and in OSS
  • How to handle OSS contributors who add scope
  • How bugs indicate a larger-than-expected problem space
  • How to say no to new features you can't commit to supporting
  • Are there projects that can't be scoped down?
  • Using OSS checkpoints to avoid burnout

Links:

• Jason Fried Q&A at Laracon