Shipping

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. The act of actually releasing a feature, product, or update to users rather than only planning or prototyping it. In product and engineering culture, 'shipping' is often treated as the real proof that work mattered.

    In plain English: Actually releasing something to users instead of just talking about it.

    Example: "The team got much better once it optimized for shipping instead of endlessly polishing internal demos."

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