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The Mom Test in Software Development

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Graphite is currently a thriving company developing a code review platform used by tens of thousands of top developers. But, like many dev tools startups, it didn't start that way. In this post, I want to focus on the wisdom from a particular book that's been a cornerstone of my learning: "The Mom Test." This book is a short and essential read for anyone venturing into the world of DevTools startups, open-source contributions, or creating developer-focused products. Before working at Graphite, I was an infrastructure engineer at Airbnb. There, I learned countless lessons that helped teach me how to become a great software engineer. However, I would come to learn that when building something from scratch, it hardly matters how well you build it. What matters much more is picking the right thing to build. This realization became particularly evident as I embarked on the startup path, and co-founded Graphite. Our team has always been passionate about the software quality and release proce

Graphite is currently a thriving company developing a code review platform used by tens of thousands of top developers. But, like many dev tools startups, it didn't start that way. In this post, I want to focus on the wisdom from a particular book that's been a cornerstone of my learning: " The Mom Test ." This book is a short and essential read for anyone venturing into the world of DevTools startups, open-source contributions, or creating developer-focused products. From Airbnb to startup founder Before working at Graphite, I was an infrastructure engineer at Airbnb. There, I learned countle

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