What I've learned from building YourPING so far
One of the biggest lessons I've learned while developing technology for community organisations is that you can have a perfectly good idea and still not understand all the ways people might use it. YourPING has shown me that listening can be just as important as writing code ... Building YourPING has taught me that listening to users, testing early and adapting quickly are essential When it comes to developing technology for community organisations, the people doing the work every day understand things that aren't always obvious from behind a computer screen. I've discovered that some of the most valuable improvements to YourPING have come from conversations rather than coding sessions. My bestie was one of the first people to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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