Stop Building Settings Pages: A Guide to Ruthless MVP Scoping
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Solo developers waste momentum building non-essential features before validating their product. Five common MVP time-sinks to cut immediately: dark mode (doubles CSS work), edit profile pages (no users yet), complex auth flows (pick one method), custom admin dashboards (use DB console instead), and automated billing upgrade/downgrade logic (handle manually until you have revenue). The core principle is to ship only the feature that directly solves the user's primary pain point — the 'core loop' — and defer everything else.
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The Graveyard of Perfect Apps1. Dark Mode (The Procrastination Trap)2. The “Edit Profile” Page3. Complex Authentication Flows4. The Admin Dashboard5. Automated Billing Upgrades/DowngradesWhat is Left?3 Comments
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