Strategy
Plan for the Model Being Down
Claude, ChatGPT and Grok all went offline at roughly the same time. If AI sits at the core of your product, availability is a design problem, not a vendor problem.
Topic
Product Strategy
9 articles tagged “Product Strategy”.
Research
You Are Probably Paying for the Wrong AI Model
We split building a product into eleven jobs and tested free and paid models against each one. For most of them, the free model is good enough. Here is where paying is worth it, and where it never is.
Strategy
Build vs Hire vs Consultancy for Your MVP: How to Pick Without Lying to Yourself
Most founders agonise over which option is 'right' for their MVP. They're usually not the same option, the trade-offs are concrete, and the worst case is the hybrid that tries to be all three.
Strategy
Cloud Stack Decisions for Early-Stage Startups: What Actually Matters
Most early-stage cloud stack debates are arguments about the wrong question. The tool doesn't matter nearly as much as the cost of switching, who fixes it at 3am, and whether your second engineer can read it.
Strategy
Most Platform Builds Fail Before the First Commit
Platforms rarely flounder because the engineering was bad. They flounder because nobody agreed what was being built. Scope, requirements, and real customer collaboration decide the outcome long before code does.
Strategy
Not All AI Is Created Equal: Three Questions That Separate Signal from Noise
Every product now has an 'AI' badge, but slapping a label on a fridge doesn't make it intelligent. Three critical questions separate leaders who understand AI from everyone else buying stickers.
Strategy
The Trio Model: A Practical Approach to Business-IT Dysfunction
When IT becomes a bottleneck and shadow solutions proliferate, structural reorganization won't fix misalignment. The Trio model offers a practical collaboration pattern for small teams navigating high-pressure environments.
Engineering
How long does it take?
Explore the complexities of determining project timelines, specifically examining deployment and prototype development phases in cloud environments.
Engineering
Taking a Concept and Running with It
Explore the process of transforming business ideas into deployable prototypes and MVPs. Learn the critical questions founders and project managers should ask when bringing concepts to market.