The most important product decision is what you don't build
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The most important product decision is what you don't build
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mmonaghan · · focus · HN ↗
- llms let us build exactly what we want fairly quickly nowadays, or at least a prototype and
- being able to build these features (or separate products) quickly is exactly the trap
> It’s the same test I keep applying when picking the right problems to solve — does it make the boat go faster?
Who knows this though? It's rarely engineers. Product often has a good sense within their lane. Leadership usually (at good companies) is mostly aligned, with some nuance depending on who's speaking.
It's a good sentiment but rarely a single person's decision.
As I said, I see these pop up and I'm usually annoyed because what new take could someone bring at this point, but I read them every single time :p
Retric · · focus · HN ↗
bunderbunder · · focus · HN ↗
The last product I helped launch, I raised concerns about the long term maintenance cost of some unnecessary bells and whistles that early access customers didn’t even like. The product owner actually let their mask slip as directly told me that that wasn’t their problem. They’d have questions to answer if they yanked features that had already been prototyped, and besides, as soon as the product ships they would move on to a new initiative and any ongoing maintenance burden would be some less senior PM’s problem.