Ask HN: How do you handle product decision chaos?

Ask HN: How do you handle product decision chaos?

I've been working on a few apps for a few years, where I really try to create something new. One common problem I've had starts with an idea, evaluating it and finding it's not the right fit for the product. We throw it out and we start a new. But as the product evolves, some of those ideas start to make more sense. But we've either forgotten about the idea or the reason we disregarded it in the first place.

This has been a bit problematic as it tends to sometimes weed out good ideas that we're surrounded by bad ideas. Worse if you flip flop between ideas (but from my experience, it means something else is the issue). Admittedly, I haven't tried cataloging every idea we've had, and maybe we should. I'm sure I'm not the only one that has fallen down this pit hole.

How have you handled product decision chaos?