# Build the simplest version first

- Category: product
- Author: Mircea (https://indie.md/people/mircea/)
- Source: https://indie.md/journeys/mircea-singlefax/
- Canonical URL: https://indie.md/advice/product-simplest-version/

Mircea built SingleFax in a weekend by refusing to add anything beyond the core action: upload, enter a number, pay, send. No user accounts, no dashboards, no analytics. If your v1 takes longer than a week, you're building too much. Strip it down until a complete stranger can use it in under 60 seconds.