Desirable Quote by Boris Beizer

Every feature has some maintenance cost, and having fewer features lets us focus on the ones we care about and make sure they work…

— David Karp

The cost of adding a feature isn't just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes the addition of an obstacle…

— John Carmack

It turns out that there is something that can compete with free: easy.

— Lev Grossman

Free is a difficult model to get to work right. But it's better for consumers.

— Baiju Bhatt

Simplicity hinges as much on cutting nonessential features as on adding helpful ones.

— Walter Bender

Features have a specification cost, a design cost, and a development cost. There is a testing cost and a reliability cost. ... Features have…

— Douglas Crockford

When I was a student and rushing to finish a project, my gut instinct was usually to keep adding all kinds of features. It's…

— Mike Krieger

The important point is that the cost of adding a feature isn't just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes…

— John Carmack

We see a lot of feature-driven product design in which the cost of features is not properly accounted. Features can have a negative value…

— Douglas Crockford

Making a product better often requires removing features.

— Marco Arment

While most people can talk rationally about kernel design and portability, the issue of free-ness is 100% emotional.

— Andrew S. Tanenbaum

The difficult part for us is adding features without making the product more complicated.

— Jan Koum