The 5-Minute Startup CTO #58
Sleep, Customer journey themes, Feature flags, Recommendation engine
Hi there,
Here are this week’s top links on People, Product, Process and Tech.
👭 People
Why do so many adults insist on their children sleeping well, yet don’t take care of their own sleep? As Christopher M. Barnes explains, the quality of your sleep greatly impacts your work. In short: Sleep well, Lead better.
When the boss doesn’t feel rested, the whole unit pays a price
🥫Product
It is fairly common practice to break down product roadmaps into product themes, with themes potentially mapping to development teams / squads. But how do you choose your product themes?
Jaimi "J.J." Kercher discusses an interesting option: using customer journey phases as themes. Which makes a lot of sense - although again, there are alternatives which may work better for your specific context.
🔄 Process
Feature flags are one of those ‘how-could-we-live-without-it’ techniques. But as always, there are Dos and Don’ts and Rajiv Prab covers these very well here.
⌨️ Tech
Last but not least, a straight-to-the-point tutorial on how to build a recommendation engine using Postgres, Python and Pandas. Sometimes, tech turns out to be simpler than it seems!
Until next time, have a great week!
Fabrice
The 5-Minute Startup CTO: every Sunday, 4 top insights in 5 minutes for startup CTOs and Tech Leads. Hand-picked by Fabrice, a UK-based consulting CTO.