A prospect tried my product for the first time. Three simple tasks. All three broke.
Not because the work was bad. Because I'd been testing my own assumptions, routing around my own bugs without realizing it.
Every org does this. Onboarding that only makes sense to the people who designed it. Systems that work for insiders and hostile to everyone else.
https://www.paulwelty.com/the-first-real-user-breaks-everything/
🚨 Hot take: The biggest advantage in product delivery isn’t speed.
It’s predictability.
Uncertainty is expensive in money, trust, and planning.
Predictable progress means:
✅ Clear, time‑boxed sprints
✅ Visible, controlled costs
✅ Risks surfaced early
No hidden surprises.
No budget shocks.
Pay per sprint.
See what’s next.
Decide what continues.
The real question isn’t how fast can we build?
It’s how confidently can we plan?
🚨 Hot take: The biggest advantage in product delivery isn’t speed.
It’s predictability.
Uncertainty is expensive in money, trust, and planning.
Predictable progress means:
✅ Clear, time‑boxed sprints
✅ Visible, controlled costs
✅ Risks surfaced early
No hidden surprises.
No budget shocks.
Pay per sprint.
See what’s next.
Decide what continues.
The real question isn’t how fast can we build?
It’s how confidently can we plan?
When you encounter a new idea, it's worth asking "How does this relate to my area?"
Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/ApMu0
Как мы сделали автогенерацию контента для риелторов в мобильном приложении
Всем привет! Мы добавили новый функционал в мобильном приложении цифровой платформы для риелторов, который позволил создавать продающий контент для социальных сетей и генерировать новые лиды. В статье расскажу, как мы пришли к созданию такого инструмента и как он повлиял на увеличение количества сделок наших пользователей.
https://habr.com/ru/articles/1010674/
#productdevelopment #marketing #ux #datadesign #mobileapp #digitalmarketing #продуктология #content #content_management_system
I've been writing this piece on and off for around five years now. I've rewritten it a bunch of times. I think it is okay to publish now.
https://www.ottorask.com/blog/pull-requests-quality-theater-with-questionable-results
#PullRequest #ContinuousIntegration #ContinuousDelivery #Software #SoftwareDevelopment #ProductDevelopment #ExtremeProgramming #PairProgramming #MobProgramming #Quality #QualityControl #QualityAssurance
Does your organization prefer or maybe even force pull requests for reviewing and validating changes before integrating to a mainline? I have news for you: you’re engaged in quality theater and the only thing the PRs are doing for you is add cognitive load and delays while preventing you from finding better ways to ensure you’re shipping a quality product without delays.
Artify started as the image generation layer for Lunary's automated Instagram.
It got complex enough it became its own product. Now it generates and posts content autonomously across platforms.
Sometimes you don't plan a product. You just build what you needed.
#NoCode #AIContentGeneration #AutonomousMarketing #ProductDevelopment #SocialMediaAutomation
Paul Welty
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Chris Wilson
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