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The Most Important Decisions Are the Least Visible
Visibility Is a Poor Measure of Importance In product work, visibility often distorts priorities. What ships is visible.What users click...
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How Philosophy Shows Up in Small Technical Decisions
Philosophy Rarely Looks Like Philosophy Product philosophy is often discussed in abstract terms. Values.Principles.Vision statements. But philosophy almost never shows...
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Compromise Is a Choice, Not an Accident
The Convenient Myth of Inevitability Compromise is often framed as something that just happens. Market pressure.User expectations.Limited resources.Tight deadlines. When...
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Why Saying “No” Is a Core Product Skill
The Pressure to Always Say Yes Modern product teams are surrounded by requests. Feature suggestions.Customer demands.Competitive pressure.Internal ambitions. Most of...
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Building for Everyone Means Protecting No One
There is a familiar promise in software and product design:Build for everyone, and everyone will benefit. It sounds inclusive.It sounds...
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Who Our Product Is Not For
The Question Most Products Avoid Most product pages proudly explain who a product is for. Much fewer are willing to...
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Speed Is Overrated. Stability Isn’t.
When Speed Becomes a Signal Speed has become a shortcut for seriousness. If a product moves fast, it’s assumed to...
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Why We Optimize for Stability, Not Speed
In the technology world, speed has stopped being just a characteristic.It has become a moral category. Fast means right.Slow means...
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What We Deliberately Chose Not to Build
Every product has a feature list.Fewer have a refusal list. The first one is easy to show investors, users, and...
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“More Features” Is Usually a Sign of Weak Design
“More features” is often presented as a strength. It shows momentum.It signals progress.It reassures stakeholders that something is happening. But...