prototype or perish: why prd’s are dead & speed is god
Fantastic advice, for software builders:
Headline driven development
Here is a simple process for shipping software projects that works. First, decompose the project into a stream1 of headlines. Then pick an aggressive date to ship the first headline and work like hell to meet that date. Have everyone work only on one headline at a time– the
... See moreHere is a simple process for shipping software projects that works. First, decompose the project into a stream1 of headlines. Then pick an aggressive date to ship the first headline and work like hell to meet that date. Have everyone work only on one headline at a time– the upcoming one. Ignore everything else. Don’t work on anything that doesn’t... See more
Headline driven development - Slava Akhmechet
The faster you can collide your ideas against reality, the faster you get feedback. By increasing the speed at which you can act on the context, trying new things will become cheaper for you—and so you will take more risks, and extract more information from the context. Write faster, prototype faster, ask for feedback faster. Velocity is... See more
Henrik Karlsson • Everything That Turned Out Well in My Life Followed the Same Design Process
At @Google, we are moving from a writing‑first culture to a building‑first one.
Writing was a proxy for clear thinking, optimized for scarce eng resources and long dev cycles - you had to get it right before you built.
Now, when time to vibe-code prototype ≈ time to write PRD, PMs can SHOW... See more
Madhu Gurux.comStart with an ambitious, high-potential idea, but challenging and full of ambiguities — the rough shape of a nascent great idea. It typically isn’t new, but solves many problems in a simpler, more intuitive way. It ignites people’s curiosity and self-motivation. At the end, it should seem “obvious” so that others want to copy, because there aren’t... See more