#18 - The Tech perspective
Hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday.
So this week I have remained curious about the hypothesis-driven process’ and wanted to understand more about some of the issues early stage startups were having. From the people, I speak to I find this is a common-issue and what’s even funnier is the perspective of those with technical competency. Checkout my Tweetstorm from earlier this week
Let's Build Great Products
Stop tech-driven problem-solving
I like this post because when you’ve got your head stuck in what new tech can do I think it’s easy to miss the trick about solving actual problems
WTF is technical debt? by Techie's
Technical debt is inefficiency in a code base that compounds over time. But that’s a simplistic definition, read this piece by a Head Engineer who tries to explain it for non-techies like me.
I was speaking with a Product Manager at Unbounce, the marketing platform and he shared that this is one of the problems they are tackling. It happens to everyone!
From Me To You Links & News
Everything is Changing; So Should Antitrust – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
This is an interesting read from Stratechery who are great on giving you a think about business models.
Think about the internet - advertisers are the biggest customers and since ad-blockers, publications and many websites have been begging you to take them off before you come in.
In this post-it breaks down how companies like Google and Facebook are changing behaviour - so much so that some companies are re-orientating and even building businesses.
Dominant companies like Google, Facebook, Amazon, and even Netflix have become and the incumbents who are trying to come with their antitrust regulations need a better angle because these companies provide a better experience and a platform for others to build their business on.
Helpful Tool(s)
Velapp
Content drives newsletters, tweets and social media.
Check out this tool that hit the recommended list this week