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Ask Teresa: Does the Engineer in the Product Trio Need to be the Tech Lead?

Product Talk

Our more senior engineer might be most interested in system architecture, code reviews, and mentoring other engineers. The most senior engineer might be most interested in system architecture, code reviews, and mentoring other engineers. However, sometimes this doesn’t work for engineering.

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A guide to AI prototyping for product managers

Lenny Rachitsky

For much more hands-on learning, sign up for Colin’s live four-week cohort-based course on AI prototyping , where you’ll master AI prototyping tools, debug common issues, and build a fundamental understanding of how coding works. Use code “LENNYSLIST” to get $100 off. Enrollment closes January 23rd.

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Building Intercom from home: Software delivery in challenging times

Intercom, Inc.

We’d like to share some insights from what we’ve learned so far about software delivery and operations over the past few weeks of working from home during COVID-19 , and how we as an engineering team have adjusted to this unprecedented, unpredictable situation. . The value of the familiar.

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

Product Talk

This mostly worked, but it required a lot of administrative work to keep our systems in sync. There were dozens more that required that we make changes in all of our systems. Its written to help non-engineers understand the value of software engineering. Some of these challenges were due to me being a beginner.

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Digital Sustainability: A Growing Frontier in Software Development

The Product Coalition

Software development with sustainability in mind is a rising trend in digital spaces. While software is intangible and doesn’t directly consume energy or produce emissions, its environmental implications lie in its development and usage. As software builders, we are uniquely positioned to influence this environmental trajectory.

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A Leader's Guide to Metrics Reviews

Sachin Rekhi

One practice that both companies established was weekly executive-level metrics reviews. I've come to believe that establishing such a metrics review meeting is critical for developing an effective data-driven culture and I wanted to share some of the best practices around doing so. Why metrics reviews matter.

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Common Usability Issues with Web APIs: And How Discovery Can Help

Product Talk

Remember, an API defines a pre-defined language for how code can interact with another service. Sometimes its due to documentation simply not being a priority. But more often than not, its due to the curse of knowledge. The best teams write and test their documentation before they write any code. Why does this happen?