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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 Leader's Guide to Metrics Reviews

Sachin Rekhi

One practice that both companies established was weekly executive-level metrics reviews. SurveyMonkey, on the other hand, had a single meeting called ACER, which stood for acquisition, conversion, engagement, retention, where they covered these funnels across all A/B tests happening in the company. Why metrics reviews matter.

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5 code review best practices

Atlassian

In 1988, Hewlett Packard (HP) conducted an internal review of their software development processes and set a target to improve their code quality tenfold. Eventually, they concluded that incorporating code reviews into the development cycle saved more money than resolving defects after they were found by customers.

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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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Strategy Blocks: An operator’s guide to product strategy

Lenny Rachitsky

Step 1: Preparation (3-5 weeks) The preparation step is a foundational effort where a lot of the groundwork and due diligence is done to inform the strategy selection process. Then iron out any adjustments as a result of these reviews. Let’s dive into detailed guidance for each step.

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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 easiest way to fix this is to test your documentation with real customers. Why does this happen?

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Test-Driven or Feature Flag-Driven Development: What’s Best For Your Team?

Split

The need for efficient and effective software development methodologies has never been more paramount. Amid this incessant search for perfection, two paradigms have become prominent: Test-driven development (TDD) and feature flag-driven development (FFDD). Then, they write the minimum amount of code needed to pass the test.