Using Nested Selects for Performance in Rails
Databases are fast, even at performing fairly complex operations. This is easy to forget in the age of ORMs and abstraction and many of us haven’t written a line of raw…
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The Best Way to Prioritize Customer Ideas on Your Roadmap
The dreams of product managers perish in the gap between what customers say and what they actually do. Product ideas gathered from customers are crucial. However, they…
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I love this team. I love the product and engineering team at Aha! because we believe in objectively prioritizing work. To truly build what matters, you must identify…
We Just Made Your Kanban Board Even Better
Last month we launched a new visual Workflow board for Kanban or Scrum work. The response was terrific. Many customers told us immediately how much they loved using it to…
How to Recover From a Horrible Interview
There are bad interviews, and then there are BAD interviews. Sometimes the interview just starts off wrong, like you have the wrong address, wrong day, wrong time, and…
The 4 Qualities of Marketing Leaders I Love to Hire
I once worked with a talented Marketing Manager named Nick (name changed) who had a strange habit that may surprise you. At least once a month, he would interview with…
Just Launched! — Create Multiple Release Templates Per Product
Product teams have awesome product launches when they have clear goals, deliver a release on time, and keep everyone on the same page. This is easy if you work with a…
5 Habits of Hyper-Productive Product Managers
The most productive product managers are like many other high achievers. They seem to get more done in a month than most do in a year. When you find one you do everything…
3 Lessons From the Hacker Who Saved Apollo 11
I have been fascinated by rockets since I was young. As I get older, my appreciation has only grown for the amazing amount of engineering that goes into those majestic…
How Confident Managers Stop the Office Bully
Every office seems to have one – the one person everyone is hiding from and complaining about. You know him — the office bully. He is in some ways worse than a…
