What does Ship It mean?
The act of releasing or deploying your product, feature, or code to production - moving from development to live. Stop perfecting, start shipping.
Indie context: The indie hacker battle cry. "Ship it" means launching imperfect products quickly to get real user feedback instead of endlessly polishing in private.
Ship It
The act of releasing or deploying your product, feature, or code to production - moving from development to live. Stop perfecting, start shipping.
💡 The indie hacker battle cry. "Ship it" means launching imperfect products quickly to get real user feedback instead of endlessly polishing in private.
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