Notes from
the working side.
Practical notes on product scope, mobile and web development, interface design, integrations and application releases.
From an app idea to a useful first release
How to describe the problem, choose a core journey and give a development team a useful starting point.
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A mobile app, a web app, or both?
The questions that help a team choose the right starting platform for a product.
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What an MVP should include
A focused first release needs a complete core journey and a deliberate boundary around everything else.
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Designing beyond the happy path
Loading, empty results, permissions and errors belong in the product design from the start.
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Plan integrations before the build depends on them
A practical way to identify system ownership, access requirements and failure paths before implementation.
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A release checklist for your application
The checks, account ownership and support decisions to settle before a mobile or web application goes live.
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on the page.
Short, editable text templates for the decisions worth putting into words.