Congrats on the launch of Pomelli! I tried it myself and love how quickly it pulls a brand together into creative ideas ready to test in the market.
I really appreciate your point about being honest with users and not over-optimizing before launch. A couple of additional thoughts from my experience:
1 - Speed reduces risk. Getting into the market fast helps validate direction early, minimizing the time and cost of building in the wrong direction before you have enough user signal.
2- Transparency should pair with reliability. Labeling a product as experimental sets the right expectations, but it’s also key that what does ship delivers the intended value and can handle real usage. Larger companies can afford repeat tries when things break, but smaller teams only get so many "give us another shot" moments, so ensuring the foundation can scale matters just as much.
Congrats on the launch of Pomelli! I tried it myself and love how quickly it pulls a brand together into creative ideas ready to test in the market.
I really appreciate your point about being honest with users and not over-optimizing before launch. A couple of additional thoughts from my experience:
1 - Speed reduces risk. Getting into the market fast helps validate direction early, minimizing the time and cost of building in the wrong direction before you have enough user signal.
2- Transparency should pair with reliability. Labeling a product as experimental sets the right expectations, but it’s also key that what does ship delivers the intended value and can handle real usage. Larger companies can afford repeat tries when things break, but smaller teams only get so many "give us another shot" moments, so ensuring the foundation can scale matters just as much.