Release

I’m getting ready to release an app soon — going through the final steps it takes to ship software — and it's an interesting feeling.

Release is such an appropriate name. As a developer, I’m letting go of the software at this point. Sending it out into the world, and letting go of the chance to change anything else in it before people use it.

It is much easier to release software these days, because updates don’t require physically shipping anything anymore. That first release, though, has a bit of a mental barrier for me — my last chance for a good first impression.

In the end, though, I have to let go — the only way I’ll really know how to improve the product is to let more people use it.