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Building Resolution Bot: How to apply machine learning in product development

Intercom, Inc.

ML products also require us to manage relatively large technology risks – this is an area where, unlike in most other product development, technical limitations might render the entire design impossible. New software engineers quickly learn that a lot of complexity arises from error handling. Case study: Resolution Bot.

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Y Oslo 2024: When It Comes to Discovery, Something is Better Than Nothing

Product Talk

We covered how to manage messy opportunity solution trees , the most common challenges teams face when getting started with the discovery habits, what Im working on next, and so much more. Discovery is a team sport. I started my career as a software engineer. I hate definition wars. I hate debating about terms.

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Product in Practice: Getting Started with Several APIs (And the Challenges I Faced)

Product Talk

But then, one day, I found myself reading Ask Your Developer by Jeff Lawson and I realized I was the one making the mistake. Dont Ask Humans to Do Tasks That Should Be Automated If you arent familiar with Ask Your Developer, its a great read. Its written to help non-engineers understand the value of software engineering.

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10 technical strategies to avoid when scaling your startup (and 5 to embrace)

Intercom, Inc.

Although they may seem like strong opinions, many of these tips echo the main tenets of software engineering: work with you’ve got, design solutions as needed, don’t repeat yourself, and keep it simple, stupid! But over time, we noticed that teams hated working on these services. The top ten technical strategies to avoid.

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Why you Should Invest in Relationships With Your Engineering Team

Mind the Product

It’s also essential to creating a team where great people want to work. In a perfect product development world, communications are seamless, specifications are clear, and product and engineering teams work together without friction. These are team goals that get shared across the company.

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Product in Practice: Why Ramsey Solutions Rotates Engineers in Their Product Trios

Product Talk

We’ll hear from several members of the product team at Ramsey Solutions about their not-so-smooth transition to working in product trios, especially when it came to getting engineers to participate. Meet the Continuous Discovery Champions at Ramsey Solutions The product team at Ramsey Solutions is 40+ squads strong.

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Calm’s Will Larson on how to build a technical leadership career

Intercom, Inc.

If you’re a senior engineer and want to further your career, what skills should you develop? How do people move into staff engineering roles? With his latest book, Staff Engineer , Will is hoping to answer all of these questions. I was the only manager, and I definitely didn’t know what I was doing.