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Plain-English notes on software decisions, delivery and technical leadership.

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Product discovery

23 Dec 2022

What a Minimum Viable Product Should Actually Prove

Learn how to scope a minimum viable product around one risky assumption, a complete user outcome and clear evidence for the next investment decision.

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Delivery confidence

28 Nov 2022

How to ship faster without creating technical debt

Why good technical leadership protects momentum without pretending trade-offs do not exist.

Two software developers pointing at code on a laptop during a code review

Software quality

14 Oct 2022

What Is a Code Review, and What Should Reviewers Actually Check?

A clear explanation of code review, what authors and reviewers should check, how to keep reviews moving and what peer review cannot replace.

Natural-colour aerial view of a winding mountain road, representing a software plan adapting as more of the route becomes visible

Software delivery

16 Jul 2022

Adaptive Software Development: How to Plan Around Learning

See how the speculate, collaborate and learn cycle helps software teams respond to uncertainty without losing control of scope, quality or delivery.

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App planning

16 Jun 2022

12 App Features That Are Easy to Forget Before Launch

Twelve overlooked app features that protect user work, reveal failures and make a mobile or business app easier to support after launch.

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Software delivery

22 May 2022

The Custom Software Development Process: From Business Problem to Working System

See how discovery, prototypes, working releases, testing, migration and support should turn a business problem into reliable software.

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Software delivery

28 Mar 2022

Software Development Standards: Make the Safe Route the Easy Route

Learn how useful software development standards improve consistency, review, security and releases without turning delivery into a box-ticking exercise.

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Software prototyping

2 Dec 2021

Types of Software Prototypes: Choose the Right One Before Development

Compare sketches, clickable designs, coded prototypes and proofs of concept by the question each one should answer before a full build.

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Product discovery

28 Sep 2021

How to Validate Product Market Fit Without Asking Users to Predict the Future

Use interviews, observation, prototypes and pilot data to test product-market fit without mistaking polite feedback for evidence of demand.

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Software deployment

15 Feb 2021

What Happens During a Production Deployment? From Approved Code to a Verified Release

Follow a production deployment from approved code through build, database changes, release, monitoring and rollback without treating go-live as a file upload.