Nixbly
How “move fast” culture is ruining app quality and user trust
📱 You download a new app.
You sign up… and it crashes.
You tap a button… nothing happens.
You try to give feedback… no response.
And then you see it:
“We’re still improving our MVP!”
Translation: We launched half-baked and hoped you’d be okay with it.
🧪 MVPs were meant to test, not replace quality
The original idea:
✅ Build fast
✅ Validate the core idea
✅ Iterate based on feedback
What’s happening now:
❌ Launch broken apps
❌ Ignore UX/UI
❌ Hope users stick around long enough to fix it
MVP has become a shield for bad decisions, not a method for smart ones.
🤯 Startups are prioritizing pitch decks over product stability
- Demos that work once… but never again
- Backend held together by duct tape and free-tier Firebase
- Features built for investors, not for users
- Bugs written off as “expected in early versions”
And guess what?
First impressions still matter — even in MVPs.
📉 The real cost of MVP shortcuts
- 📱 Uninstalls after one frustrating session
- 💬 Bad reviews before you even launch v1
- 💸 Lost early adopters you’ll never win back
- 😶 Burnt-out devs fixing rushed code at 2am
You don’t get to say “it’s just a prototype” when it’s live on the App Store.
✅ What should we focus on?
🎯 Core usability: If your login breaks, nothing else matters
🧠 User-centered design: Build features people actually need
🧰 Scalable foundation: Write code you won’t have to rewrite in two weeks
📊 Real validation: Focus on retention, not vanity metrics
🙌 Respect the user: MVP ≠ “they’ll deal with it”
❓Ask yourself:
- Would you keep using your app if you weren’t the one building it?
- Is your MVP validating a business — or just rushing to market?
- Are you shipping to impress investors… or help users?
👉 It’s time to bring intention back to app development.
Launch fast — but not broken. Learn quickly — but not carelessly.
Post inspired by product failures, early adopter fatigue, and the silent epidemic of buggy MVPs that never turn into real products.