I promised a write up on how I moved fast and what tools I used. Many commenter specifically asked for advice on design and layout which isn’t surprising. Most hackers/coders are pretty bad designers (myself included). The backend stuff is easy, but when the pixels land on the screen it tends to looks like crap… the perfectionist gene takes over and you’re too embarrassed to launch your MVP, even though everything pretty much works. This post will focus on speed in design. I’ll cover non-design related factors in part 2.