
From the Archive: On the Stages of the Product Life Cycle
Catalyst Podcast
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How to Balance User Needs and Shoring Up Your Platform
In maintenance mode, like you need to be thinking about it's not just about refactoring. It is about providing continual new value to the people who are actually using your platform. And there's a time to put the bandaid on and figure out how to serve the user in the best way without going all the way down the stack and refactoring the whole thing. This is such a key, key important skill for everyone, right? I see this particularly with high performing craftspeople who really care about the thing that they produce and want to do the absolute best job.
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