# Deep, then Wide

**URL:** <https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/deep-then-wide/102>\
**Category:** Community\
**Created:** [May 6, 2019, 3:01pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/deep-then-wide/102 "2019-05-06T15:01:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![sriche](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex032/user_avatar/discourse.sourcecred.io/sriche/32/655_2.png) [@sriche](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/u/sriche)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.sourcecred.io/t/deep-then-wide/102/6 "2019-10-09T18:43:12Z")

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I like where @decentralion has landed on the Deep vs Wide question. Discourse wrestled with the exact same question a while back, and landed on the “Rule of Three” - **To build something truly reusable, you must convince three different audiences to use it thoroughly first**.

[Here’s the full post](https://blog.codinghorror.com/rule-of-three/) by @codinghorror.

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