Last year, I identified key factors that suggested the features-as-plugins first model was falling apart. A lack of communication, direction, buy-in from core developers, and synchronized developme…
Iterating on Feature Plugins
Feature plugins appeared in the wake of the 3.6 release cycle, in which two large efforts were reverted before the final release: a UI for content using post formats and a refreshed aesthetic for t…
Don’t Like It? Code it Yourself!
Have you ever considered paying for, or sponsoring, a * bug fix * new feature * plugin * small tweak to existing functionality ... for software that you use? I don’t mean waiting for a new release of the software, which will contain a bunch of new features you may or may not care
The Challenges Of Growing A Plugin Business - FooPlugins
The business and our brand grew fast. In retrospect, I was extremely naive thinking that the growth would simply continue.
How to Build Product Features Customers Actually Use
Build features that drive adoption, not backlog. A process for turning customer feedback into product features that move retention and growth.
Why SaaS product managers need feature voting software - Canny Blog
Using feature voting is a simple way to collect and understand customer feedback. And, it helps product managers make more informed decisions around what to build next.
Feature / Product / Business: A Framework for Sustainable ATProto Projects | ATmosphereConf VODs
The ATProto community built a ton of great features and products over the past year! For our next trick, let's mature them into products and businesses. In this talk, you'll get a practical framework for understanding whether what you're building should be a feature, product, or business, plus concrete funding models at each layer to keep your work going and growing. (More in this thread: https://bsky.app/profile/mosh.bsky.social/post/3mckiat2ne22q)
It's Time To Rethink Everything by @t3dotgg
The one product feature that tripled our sales last month
Here’s how the tiniest Know Your Company feature that took 20 minutes to code led to the biggest impact on our business… Even the smallest lever can have a big impact.A few months ago, we moved Kno…
Why Apple and Google are struggling to design simple software
Is Apple losing its crown as the champion of simplicity? Maybe. But for a very good reason.
Issue tracking is dead – Linear
The next era of product development is built on context and agency. Here's how Linear is evolving. And what we're launching today.
The next wave in software is open adoption software | TechCrunch
There’s a big shift happening in how enterprises buy and deploy software. In the last few years, open technology -- software that is open to change and free to adopt -- has gone from the exception to the rule for most enterprises. We’ve seen the IT stack redrawn atop powerful open-source projects, with developers opting for an “open-first” approach to building solutions.
i think the core problem is that the ecosystem was lacking another client that had the institutional gravity to say 'were here longtime, were serious, and were gonna be competing with you on features' without that, the default incumbent trends towards safety (for good reasons)
dan
yea honestly it's a huge L on bsky side that this obvious growth hack is always killed by bikeshedding "how to do it properly". @alexbenzer.com @esb.lol pls just ship something here, change it later
Coop 1.0 comes with a simplified infrastructure and ways to deploy, new features, and (much) improved documentation! Check out what's possible for your team and explore the features here: loom.com/share/3043f9e826524e5189845b7…
