the.com/prototype
the first ugly draft that proves the dream isn't insane after all
means A prototype is the first working version of something, built to test an idea before you commit to making the real, polished thing.
from From Greek prōtotypon, 'original, primitive form,' built from prōtos 'first' (the same 'proto-' that fronts protozoa and protagonist) and typos 'impression, model, type' — literally a thing struck or stamped as a pattern. It entered English in the early 17th century by way of Latin prototypus, meaning the original model from which copies are taken.
- origin
- From Greek prototypos, meaning first form or pattern
- duct tape
- Working prototypes often held together by literal tape
- JavaScript
- Every object inherits via a chain called the prototype
- car shows
- Concept prototypes built for spectacle, never for sale
- failure rate
- Most prototypes exist to die so products can live
apple macintosh 1984 — first commercially successful gui computer, designed by steve jobs and team at apple
wright flyer 1903 — first powered aircraft flown by wilbur and orville wright at kitty hawk, north carolina
mark i eniac 1946 — first general-purpose electronic digital computer built by university of pennsylvania during world war ii