Keep the balance between product and technical vision
Field feedback from the community
Prioritizing team efficiency over external demands
Jack Lindamood
Before applying the principle
"Most likely, your company is not selling the infrastructure itself, but another product. This puts pressure on the team to deliver features and not scale your own workload." ...
After applying the principle
... "But just like airplanes tell you to put your own mask on first, you need to make sure your team is efficient. With rare exception, I have never regretted prioritizing taking time to write some automation or documentation."
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Other principles
Same vein — click, bounce around.
- Don’t forget to make money Product
- Give the power back to the business Product
- If it needs training: it’s badly designed Product
- If you have a UAT environment, you’ve failed your product Product
- Your brand is your design system Product
- The company is only one of its product’s customers Product
- It all comes from the same book. Discover the book →
