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Podcast about tech, software, product development and business. Dima Malenko tries to explain driving forced behind news, events and other developments in the hi-tech world and shares stories and ideas inspired by them.

  1. 06/16/2019

    #27 One level deeper

    This episode on YouTube Discussion and more in Dima’s blog. In this episode Dima discusses how going deeper down the technology stack can give a company an important advantage over its competitors.

  2. 04/03/2018

    #26 Unlimited online backup

    This episode on YouTube Discussion and more A particular example of limitations of an unlimited service: Backblaze is a great service, but the way it markets itself as “unlimited online backup” is a fair bit of exaggeration.

  3. 02/21/2018

    #25 Infinite amount of something

    This episode on YouTube  Discussion and more on dmalenko.org We all love getting infinite amount of something for a small fee. That makes all the “unlimited” plans so popular. On practice, however, those plans fairly quickly turn out not to be unlimited, infinite or lifetime and there are reasons why.

  4. 02/02/2018

    #24 Misaligned incentives

    This episode on YouTube When the way company makes money is misaligned with its values, it can sooner or later lead to decisions that may turn into a disaster of some sort. Similar to what happened to Mozilla with the Looking Glass add-on for Firefox. * Firefox is on a slippery slope  * Update: Looking Glass Add-on * Mozilla and Pocket

  5. 12/05/2017

    #23 A-a-aa not so good song

    This episode on YouTube Masking a problem without really solving it can move the problem to a more dangerous place or time. Do you remember the story about “A a a a a  Very Good Song”? * You are finally free from the first embarrassing song on your phone * A silent, 10-minute song is climbing the iTunes charts Despite its popularity back in the day the song did not really solve the problem of Apple CarPlay annoyingly starting to play the very first song in the music collection, when the phone was connected to the car. It postponed that annoyance problem until 10 minutes later, when one could be driving through a busy intersection.

  6. 10/27/2017

    #22 Illusion of control

    This episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ely4wOIwn04 All modern systems are built out of components. Those components can come in different forms: 3rd-party proprietary, open source and developed in-house. Open source seems to be the most popular option nowadays and one may think that using open-source components is an all-around win. It is a win, but not all-around.

  7. 10/07/2017

    #21 Business of selling

    This episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kJE-n2_3gxA Common bits of criticism of new products often come from the lack of the information and the lack of desire to put them into perspective. * “New product has feature X. I don’t need this feature. Therefore the product is bad.” * Usually there is good reason for things they do * Apple announces Animoji, animated emoji for iPhone X: https://www.theverge.com/2017/9/12/16290210/new-iphone-emoji-animated-animoji-apple-ios-11-update * Let’s face reality: US Teens engage with iMessage more than any other social platform: https://hackernoon.com/lets-face-reality-us-teens-may-engage-with-imessage-more-than-any-other-social-platform-f0c66cf6fc22 * “Apple did not innovate enough.” * Apple is not in the business of innovation, it is in the business of selling products * With 60% market share selling upgrades to existing customers makes more sense than trying to convert * High-end smartphone market share as of 2016: http://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-galaxy-apple-iphone-premium-market-share-chart-2016-12

  8. 09/17/2017

    #20 Code does not equal project

    Software projects are so much more than just writing code. It is impossible to replicate entire project with any number of lines of code.

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Podcast about tech, software, product development and business. Dima Malenko tries to explain driving forced behind news, events and other developments in the hi-tech world and shares stories and ideas inspired by them.

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  • Creator
    Sonar.1
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2019
  • Episodes
    27
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Not invented here