A developer with AiDHD discusses the challenges of focus and feature creep when building MVPs with AI, emphasizing the need for discipline.
Explores how AI is fundamentally changing product management, shifting from traditional documentation to rapid prototyping and real-time feedback.
A product leader reflects on their tenure at Float, sharing lessons learned about technical leadership, scaling mobile apps, and company culture.
A developer shares lessons from two failed CI/CD products and how they led to creating CI Insights, an observability tool for CI pipelines.
Argues that effective AI product evaluation requires a scientific, process-driven approach, not just adding LLM-as-judge tools.
A tech team's story of pivoting from a CI cost tool to a CI reliability product, only to realize they built great tech but not a viable product.
A startup's story of building and then killing a CI/CD cost optimization tool after realizing they were solving the wrong problem.
A developer discusses how observing innovative user workarounds can inspire new product features, using examples from data structures and Bluesky.
Mergify founders share lessons on avoiding common tech startup pitfalls by focusing on customer needs over just building features.
A response to Jason Fried's article advocating for 'Maximally Proud Version 1s' (MPV1s) over traditional MVPs in software product development.
A developer shares lessons from an SEO mistake that impacted his SaaS timeline tool's revenue while discussing his pivot to an AI research aggregator.
A bootstrapped SaaS founder discusses the 'build vs. buy' decision for core features, analyzing cost, time, and opportunity cost at the MVP stage.
Critiques the 'single visionary' myth in tech product development, arguing for collaborative, principle-driven decision-making instead of autocratic design.
Argues that product backlogs are harmful, never shrink, and proposes working without them for better productivity and team alignment.
A satirical critique of over-engineered Agile frameworks, proposing the simple 'Talk To Your Customers' (TTYC) methodology as a disruptive alternative.
An update on TinyPilot's 20th month, focusing on hiring a support engineer, launching a new product, and reviewing business metrics.
A monthly update on TinyPilot, a bootstrapped tech business, covering product delays, revenue stats, and founder time management.
A founder's reflection on evolving from an 'engineering-driven' to a more balanced company culture that equally values design, product, and business expertise.
A monthly update on TinyPilot, a tech hardware project, covering revenue, product development challenges, and business bottlenecks.
A guide for developers on seven essential trust and safety features to proactively build into products to prevent abuse and harassment.
