December 2011
1 post
Why You Won't Build The Next Basecamp & Why It...
When I started work as a web developer, back in 2005, Basecamp was the big new thing — web apps in general were the big new thing. Ambitious developers wanted to “build the next Basecamp”, and that’s a phrase I still hear today, six years after Basecamp became popular.
Building the next Basecamp is a pointless aim for any startup, and here’s why. First, the...