Heavybit Skill
Product Discovery
Frameworks for product discovery in developer tools: design partners, user research, personas, competitive analysis, and building for developer flow. Covers customer interview techniques, discovery processes, evaluating feature requests, and knowing when to pivot. Drawn from practitioners at LaunchDarkly, Honeycomb, and others.
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Product Discovery
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Built from the Heavybit Library
The operators behind this skill shared what they know in these talks, podcasts, and articles. Every one is free in the Heavybit Library.
- Video
Think like A Customer: Product Discovery Strategies with Datadog
APR 20, 2021With Stephen Boak
In this Speaker Series, Datadogās VP Product Design, Stephen Boak, outlines his approach to product discovery from early exploration and interviews to developing long-term partnerships
Video
Think like A Customer: Product Discovery Strategies with Datadog
Watch38 MIN
- Article
Build vs Buy Key Takeaways: Selling to Developers Who Donāt Want to Buy Your Product (Yet)
AUG 20, 2019With Ashley Dotterweich
Given the choice to build vs buy software, many dev teams prefer to build. Learn how to navigate selling to developers who donāt want to buy your product in these key takeaways from Edith Harbaughās Speaker Series, Build vs Buy: Turning Critics into Champions.
Article
Build vs Buy Key Takeaways: Selling to Developers Who Donāt Want to Buy Your Product (Yet)
Read5 MIN
- Video
Founder Panel: Developer Product Design
NOV 4, 2016With Cole Krumbholz
In this Q&A panel on Developer Product Design, Heavybit Product Faculty Chair and Squarespace Developer Platform Lead Cole Krumbholz is joined by Ryan Spraetz, Co-founder of Keen IO, Michael Friis, Product Manager at Docker, and Jon Dahl, Co-founder and CEOā¦
Video
Founder Panel: Developer Product Design
Watch27 MIN
- Video
Designing for Developers
MAY 20, 2014With Max Schoening
Managing a design team is hard work, especially when your customers are developers. In this talk, Herokuās Max Schoening discusses the continually evolving design process and some of his lessons learned over the past 3 years. Heāll talk about how to hireā¦
Video
Designing for Developers
Watch46 MIN