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Core responsibility: How we scaled our core technologies team

Intercom, Inc.

How our core technologies were being used was also diverging, leading to needlessly increased complexity in our systems. So in late 2018, Team Datastores was created, initially with a fairly conservative area of responsibility. Our databases were in significantly better shape due to our Rails ownership and expertise.

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10 years of UX studio

UX Studio

The following lines are written with full bias due to nostalgia and my gratitude towards all the people who made UX studio a special community, a hub for our professional passion, and a source of inspiration. From there, we started thinking seriously about building our product, reviewing the pain points of our community.

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How to fix Your Product Goals for Better Human Outcomes

Mind the Product

Their names were John Darley and Daniel Batson, and they created the Good Samaritan study to ask a seemingly simple question: why do people do good things for others? By finding a system of checks and balances that encourage better behaviour. But first a little story. The method was to test two groups. You know that, right?

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Football App Validation In A Real-Life Scenario

The Product Coalition

Before design, the team already had: Insights from a massive discovery research on the 2018 World Cup Over 3000 detailed observation points from our research system With enough research ammo, they began to build the app. displaying our profile photo and name. all focusing on football. What do you do? Very official!

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Authoring “Docker for Developers” for Packt Publishing

Modus Create

Chapter 4: Composing Systems using Containers. In February of 2018, Modus published a blog post, also named “ Docker for Developers.” Once the book was close to publishing, Packt provided technical reviewers who then read through our chapters, tested the code, and suggested improvements or caught any errors we made.

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Japan by the Numbers: 67 Insightful Japan Facts to Grasp Consumer Behaviors

freshtrax

World Population Review, 2019 ) ( Statistics Bureau Japan, 2019 ). Ipsos, 2018 ). Statistics Bureau Japan, 2018 ). World Population Review, 2019 ). World Population Review, 2019 ). Japan Times, 2019 ). ( Statistics Bureau Japan, 2018 ). Cabinet Office Japan, 2018 ). Adecco, 2018 ).

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5 Machine Learning Lessons for Product Managers

Mind the Product

According to Crunchbase, in 2018 there were 5,000 startups relying on machine learning for their main and ancillary applications, products, and services. Which would you prefer: one where a barista knows your name and your favourite drink and your favourite music is playing, or one where everything is made for an average customer?