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thoughts on product management, development, and building better software.

John Rudolph Drexler
by John Rudolph Drexler September 22, 2023

As a developer, you might not have direct control over what your company wants to measure. That's fine. But you *can* be conscious of what you and your team decide to pay the most attention to and look at day to day.

John Rudolph Drexler
by John Rudolph Drexler August 29, 2023

Hopefully your company agrees that tech debt matters (if not, you should run screaming). But even when that's true, it can be difficult to justify why you're working on it.

John Rudolph Drexler
by John Rudolph Drexler August 22, 2023

Your time is the most expensive and useful resource at your company. There is a fundamental tension about how you should spend your time.

John Rudolph Drexler
by John Rudolph Drexler August 15, 2023

"Product" is not a profession. It is a set of responsibilities that no company can opt out of. Being a "fullstack dev" includes taking on some of these product responsibilities.