Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedRyan Singer: belief
30 Mar 2025 Lenny's Podcast A better way to plan, build, and ship products | Ryan Singer (creator of “Shape Up,” early employee at 37signals)
“If we're going to commit engineering time and it's like we believe there's some way to see empty spaces, but the way is a question mark, it's a really risky way to spend that time.”
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- Ryan Singer
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- 30 Mar 2025
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…That was a great example. This is really helpful. So, if I were to try to describe this, essentially what you're coming out of it with a shaping session with is like the user experience with just wire frames/sketches of the screens and the key buttons and flows. So, it's like the architecture with key components, not like a dock of spec and not final design, and also not just a user story. As a user, I need to be able to see empty spaces. Exactly. So, because the thing where it goes wrong. If we're going to commit engineering time and it's like we believe there's some way to see empty spaces, but the way is a question mark, it's a really risky way to spend that time. Because you're committing, right? It's like-…
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