Tag: product
Sudoku on the Q Train
I don’t want world peace or a stable functioning democracy. I want offline mode for a sudoku game. Starting with too much context upfront is always a warning sign so prepare for a whole host of warnings. I regularly enjoy games and puzzles on the NYT Games iOS app. Our family depends on it as
The most powerful AI product decision is invisible
The best use of AI in a product may be the part the customer never recognizes as AI at all.
Date Formats and Other Religious Wars
You can usually identify a programmer at a party by asking for their opinion on date formats. Before long someone is arguing for ISO-8601, someone else is defending locale-specific formats, and another is explaining why Unix timestamps are the purest representation of time. Typical elitist New Yorkers. They’re all missing the point. Most dates are
Meine Arbeit als Designer ist oft unsichtbar
Meine größte Herausforderung im Arbeitsalltag ist, dass alle möglichen Anforderungen ungefiltert aus verschiedenen Quellen kommen. Meine Aufgabe ist es, diese Inhalte zu sammeln, aufzubereiten und transparent zu machen.
You are not your user. Except when you are.
"You are not your user" is fundamentally good advice. It's also occasionally wrong, but in a very useful way.
We put PostHog in Slack and now everyone's an engineer
Today, we're releasing the PostHog Slack app into beta. We built it for those times when a colleague flags an annoying UI quirk, or a customer mentions a bug. The issues that normally end up on a backlog, untouched and ignored. With the PostHog…
You are not your user. Except when you are.
"You are not your user" is fundamentally good advice. It's also occasionally wrong, but in a very useful way.
Lessons I Learned the Hard Way
Your brain rewires itself based on what you practice. If you stop practicing hard things, you slowly lose the ability to do them.
Lessons I Learned the Hard Way
Your brain rewires itself based on what you practice. If you stop practicing hard things, you slowly lose the ability to do them.
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Learn to Love the Rebuild
Refactoring isn't a necessary evil -- it is the job. Why the best product teams rebuild constantly, at every scale.
Learn to Love the Rebuild
Refactoring isn't a necessary evil -- it is the job. Why the best product teams rebuild constantly, at every scale.
PostHog is now available in Vercel’s v0
Build with real product context in Vercel’s v0. Connect PostHog to design UI, experiments, and features based on actual user behavior.
Just Enough Is an Ongoing Practice
Stable products still need maintenance. Defaults and shiny features quietly tax systems over time, and efficiency is a sign of craftsmanship, not penny-pinching.
Just Enough Is an Ongoing Practice
Stable products still need maintenance. Defaults and shiny features quietly tax systems over time, and efficiency is a sign of craftsmanship, not penny-pinching.
PostHog × Vercel: feature flags, minus the plumbing
The new PostHog × Vercel integration lets you use PostHog feature flags and experiments directly in Vercel, without custom wiring or creative workarounds.
The Zeroth Loop: They Don't Quit, They Forget
Most habits don't fall apart because people quit. They fall apart because they aren't sticky.
The Zeroth Loop: They Don't Quit, They Forget
Most habits don't fall apart because people quit. They fall apart because they aren't sticky.
Why small teams crush tiger teams
Tiger teams sound great in theory, but they rarely deliver. Here's why small teams beat tiger teams every time, and how to structure your org for speed.
The Science of Spotting Hidden Product Ideas
The best product ideas hide in plain sight, in your habits and everyone else's. Watch what people actually do, not what they say they want. Build for that.
The Science of Spotting Hidden Product Ideas
The best product ideas hide in plain sight, in your habits and everyone else's. Watch what people actually do, not what they say they want. Build for that.
The Psychology Hack Hiding in Great Products
Every message is a moment of influence. Make the nudge helpful and you'll create power users and build loyalty.
The Psychology Hack Hiding in Great Products
Every message is a moment of influence. Make the nudge helpful and you'll create power users and build loyalty.
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Workflows are now in Alpha and I already broke mine
We've been building Workflows for a while now: this is our Zapier-style automation builder you can use to trigger actions based on live user behavior. And, while it’s still in its early days, it’s already packing some serious muscle. You can define…
The Past, Present, and Future of AI Workshops with @mergesort
Six months teaching people to build with AI taught me one thing: most people are just a few questions away from learning so much.
AI and the New Language of Human-Centered Design
Software has always required people to think like a computer. AI flips it on its head: people expect computers to work the way they think.
AI and the New Language of Human-Centered Design
Software has always required people to think like a computer. AI flips it on its head: people expect computers to work the way they think.
Dieter Rams 10 Principles of Design
Good design is good design, no matter what you're building.
Dieter Rams 10 Principles of Design
Good design is good design, no matter what you're building.
Beyond Click Counts: Finding the Right Signals for Good Design
Click counts are noise. Real design success is measured in signals that show whether people actually achieved what they came to do.