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Words matter: Removing exclusionary terminology from our codebase

Intercom, Inc.

It was first proposed after Benjamin Whorf, a fire safety inspector at the time, observed how oil workers treated empty oil barrels as less hazardous than full oil barrels, despite them being equally flammable due to the traces of oil remaining in them. Master” and “slave” also refer to the gruesome practice of slavery. Share the work.

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How To Create A Powerful Product Experimentation System?

The Product Coalition

A well designed experimentation system allows a company to accelerate growth by creating faster feedback loops and enabling progressive delivery. Allocate time regularly- The only way to get enough ideas to run a high velocity testing system is to set aside time for it. How to prioritize the ideas for maximum business value?

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Ask Teresa: Does the Engineer in the Product Trio Need to be the Tech Lead?

Product Talk

In the past, I’ve sometimes used language like “design lead” or “tech lead” to refer to the design and engineering members of the trio. Sometimes it refers to someone’s seniority within the company, and at other times it refers to their authority and autonomy for a given project. The term “lead” is vague.

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Systems Thinking and its Relevance to Strategic Planning in UX Research

UX Planet

Systemic Thinking: The Key to an Impactful UX Strategy Systems Thinking is a holistic approach to problem analysis and solving that emphasizes viewing systems as a whole, rather than focusing only on individual parts. What is Systems Thinking? Interrelationship: all parts affect each other within a system.

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Shipping fast and safe: Building a culture of low-risk learning

Intercom, Inc.

Monitoring and alerting systems aren’t perfect, and it can take some time for the customers to notice problems and report them to the support team. We all deal with business-critical legacy systems from time to time. Even the simplest change to those systems could be risky because of your lack of context and the potential blast radius.

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Improve Your App Ratings By Using Google Play In-App Review API

The Product Coalition

In Aug 2020, Google Play released the In-App Review API which lets app developers prompt users to submit Play Store ratings and reviews for the app without the inconvenience of navigating outside of the app or game. During the flow, the user has the ability to rate your app using the 1 to 5 star system and to add an optional comment.

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5 code review best practices

Atlassian

In 1988, Hewlett Packard (HP) conducted an internal review of their software development processes and set a target to improve their code quality tenfold. Eventually, they concluded that incorporating code reviews into the development cycle saved more money than resolving defects after they were found by customers. Related Article.