For all people involved in side projects, this quote is something to remember.<p>>"One of the lessons I learned from that was just in terms of my own psychology, that it was important that I always have a working product. The first thing I do on day one is build something useful, then just keep improving it."
I was just reading something about all the defunct and abandoned google projects. So now "How Gmail Happened" reads to me like gmail too is done and gone, something that happened in the past but is no longer happening. I guess that day will come eventually. Maybe tomorrow? I never know what google is thinking when it comes to cancellations.
Discussed at the time: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7506270" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7506270</a>