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10 Sept 2026
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Claire Vo — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: When teams clear out a backlog, they tend to pick the interesting items rather than the most important ones. — tap to centre the map on it When teams clear out a backlog, they tend to pick the interesting items rather than the most important ones. Last stated 2 months ago
8 Aug 2026
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Michael Lopp — holds since 2026-08-08 — tap for who they are
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9 Aug 2024
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Tobias Sjösten — holds since 2024-08-09 — tap for who they are
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5 Jan 2024
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Charity Majors — holds since 2024-01-05 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Every question about stalled growth reduces to whether the customer is actually getting the value you promised. — tap to centre the map on it Every question about stalled growth reduces to whether the customer is actually getting the value you promised. Last stated 8 months ago
25 Jan 2026
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Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company that looks to its users as though it has stopped shipping is usually widening its market, and grinding through that is worth it. — tap to centre the map on it A company that looks to its users as though it has stopped shipping is usually widening its market, and grinding through that is worth it. Last stated 2 years ago
23 Mar 2025
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Rahul Vohra — holds since 2025-03-23 — tap for who they are
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1 Jan 2026
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James Clear — holds since 2026-01-01 — tap for who they are
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8 Sept 2026
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Roman Ugarte — holds since 2026-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Growth always stops eventually, and only a company that instrumented its business beforehand gets to find out why instead of scrambling. — tap to centre the map on it Growth always stops eventually, and only a company that instrumented its business beforehand gets to find out why instead of scrambling. Last stated a year ago
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25 Jan 2026
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Jason Cohen — holds since 2026-01-25 — tap for who they are
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Gary Klein — holds since 2022-08-09 — tap for who they are
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12 May 2025
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12 Dec 2025
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Irving Finkel — holds since 2025-12-12 — tap for who they are
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15 Sept 2026
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Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are
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7 Jun 2026
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Tony Fadell — holds since 2026-06-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A profit motive inside a game holds players there long past the point where they are still enjoying it. — tap to centre the map on it A profit motive inside a game holds players there long past the point where they are still enjoying it. Last stated 8 years ago
30 Jan 2019
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Raph Koster — holds since 2019-01-30 — tap for who they are
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21 Jan 2026
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Clearing out a backlog does not mean meaningful progress for the business or against a customer problem.
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When teams clear out a backlog, they tend to pick the interesting items rather than the most important ones.
Holds
Generating a list of potential problems is worthless unless it is followed by validating and prioritizing them.
Holds
What sets a company’s velocity is spending its time on the right things, not how much code it produces.
Holds
Every question about stalled growth reduces to whether the customer is actually getting the value you promised.
Holds
A company that looks to its users as though it has stopped shipping is usually widening its market, and grinding through that is worth it.
Holds
Effort that produces no visible improvement is being stored rather than wasted, because results arrive at a threshold instead of steadily.
Holds
Adding things to a product is not the goal and is not what makes it more useful to more people.
Holds
Growth always stops eventually, and only a company that instrumented its business beforehand gets to find out why instead of scrambling.
Holds
A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints.
Holds
A cancellation-reason drop-down measures list order rather than reasons: randomise the options and every one of them gets picked equally.
Holds
A decision cannot be judged by its outcome, because good decisions fail through no fault of the decider and bad ones succeed by luck.
Holds
A blank chat box is lazy: it violates the first rule of a good user experience, that it is obvious what you can do.
Holds
A board game conquers the world when chance and strategy are in balance in it.
Holds
A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows.
Holds
A builder asked to addict users should leave, because there are always other jobs and no amount of money is worth tearing up the fabric of a society.
Holds
A profit motive inside a game holds players there long past the point where they are still enjoying it.
Holds
A self-destructive habit is best broken by naming the version of yourself that has it and taking its authority to decide away.
Holds