More Features Will Kill Your Product with Maarten Dalmijn

This podcast episode explores various topics related to software development, product management, and decision-making in the tech industry. The speakers share their experiences and insights on writing, navigating diverse domains, end-to-end understanding in software development, keeping software simple, understanding human and organizational behavior, product management challenges, filtering value from complex problems, starting small and building incrementally, making decisions in software development, embracing uncertainty, making technology decisions, the importance of refactoring, and the challenges of refactoring code. The episode provides valuable advice and perspectives for professionals in the tech industry.

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Beyond Coding

The Comfort Zone of Product Management and the Challenge of Writing a Movie Script

A Journey Through Diverse Domains: From Healthcare to Payments and Beyond

The Importance of End-to-End Understanding in Software Development

Keeping Things Simple: The Challenges and Benefits of Removing Features

The Complexity of Simplicity

The Complexity of Human and Organizational Behavior: Quirks, Weirdness, and Removing Features

Product Management: Balancing Stakeholder Demands and Product Vision

The Challenges of Filtering Value from Complex and Complicated Problems

The Importance of Starting Small to Avoid Building on False Assumptions

The Challenges of Making Decisions in Software Development

The Fog of Beforehand: Making Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty

The allure of complexity and the importance of simplicity

The Importance of Refactoring in Software Engineering

The Dark Side of Refactoring: Subjective Opinions and Unhappy Teams

More Features Will Kill Your Product with Maarten Dalmijn

Beyond Coding

00:00The Comfort Zone of Product Management and the Challenge of Writing a Movie Script

The Comfort Zone of Product Management and the Challenge of Writing a Movie Script

03:33A Journey Through Diverse Domains: From Healthcare to Payments and Beyond

A Journey Through Diverse Domains: From Healthcare to Payments and Beyond

07:31The Importance of End-to-End Understanding in Software Development

The Importance of End-to-End Understanding in Software Development

12:06Keeping Things Simple: The Challenges and Benefits of Removing Features

Keeping Things Simple: The Challenges and Benefits of Removing Features

17:18The Complexity of Simplicity

The Complexity of Simplicity

21:16The Complexity of Human and Organizational Behavior: Quirks, Weirdness, and Removing Features

The Complexity of Human and Organizational Behavior: Quirks, Weirdness, and Removing Features

24:05Product Management: Balancing Stakeholder Demands and Product Vision

Product Management: Balancing Stakeholder Demands and Product Vision

26:31The Challenges of Filtering Value from Complex and Complicated Problems

The Challenges of Filtering Value from Complex and Complicated Problems

29:49The Importance of Starting Small to Avoid Building on False Assumptions

The Importance of Starting Small to Avoid Building on False Assumptions

33:09The Challenges of Making Decisions in Software Development

The Challenges of Making Decisions in Software Development

36:39The Fog of Beforehand: Making Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty

The Fog of Beforehand: Making Decisions in the Face of Uncertainty

41:15The allure of complexity and the importance of simplicity

The allure of complexity and the importance of simplicity

45:33The Importance of Refactoring in Software Engineering

The Importance of Refactoring in Software Engineering

48:20The Dark Side of Refactoring: Subjective Opinions and Unhappy Teams

The Dark Side of Refactoring: Subjective Opinions and Unhappy Teams