How I Ship Projects at Big Tech Companies

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I’ll refer to the work that you do to decide what to build as discovery and the work that you do to build and ship a product as delivery. This distinction matters. As you’ll see, many companies put a heavy emphasis on delivery—they focus on whether you shipped what you said you would on time and on budget—while under-investing in discovery,... See more

Teresa Torres • Continuous Discovery Habits: Discover Products that Create Customer Value and Business Value

I'm constantly telling builders to build less if they want to move faster. There's an important balance between two opposing forces, and it requires being honest with yourself if you want to win this cycle: 1) IF YOU'RE SCARED TO SHIP: Close your eyes and ship anything and everything until... See more

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In my experience, it's more likely it was the approach of the folks at your comp... | Hacker News

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Engineering organizations today have ballooned to huge numbers of people, but these huge engineering organizations don’t exactly have a reputation for high velocity output. Some of this is the result of what happens with products at scale: it is just fundamentally faster and easier to iterate, improve, or change a product with 100 users than it is... See more

Moxie Marlinspike • The Magic of Software; Or, What Makes a Good Engineer Also Makes a Good Engineering Organization

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