What nobody tells you

Clear opinions on technology, software and business. Uncomfortable ideas, argued from the inside.

15 MAR. 2021 · WHAT NOBODY TELLS YOU

I don't trust ideas that come from a napkin

Napkin ideas are great at dinner. They're terrible at paying the bills. Why I'd rather build from a problem a client already has than from one I imagined.

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26 JAN. 2021 · WHAT NOBODY TELLS YOU

Build the calendar first and the payments later

A developer was giving us his weekends, and I asked him to stop working on the one thing that brought in money. It made sense. Here's why.

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15 JAN. 2021 · WHAT NOBODY TELLS YOU

Every problem I solved twice was a product I ignored

The first time you solve a problem, you're a professional. The third time, you should start asking why you're still treating it like a one-off.

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26 AUG. 2020 · WHAT NOBODY TELLS YOU

Returned receipts are a product problem, not a client problem

For months I blamed the people whose receipts bounced. Then a clothing distributor asked us for a website, and I started blaming myself.

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