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Survey: AI is here—and it’s reshaping product management

A new report from the Pragmatic Institute reveals how AI is transforming product management and driving growth. Here are the insights, adoption challenges, and the skills product leaders need to master AI and lead with intent.

Test Double Editorial Board

Test Double Editorial Board

Software tooling & tips

The dangers of abstracting away vendors in code

The dangers of abstracting away vendors in code

River Lynn Bailey

River Lynn Bailey

Software tooling & tips

How a product transformation drove 3x sales growth

The road to 3x sales: a case study in scaling with strategy

Test Double Editorial Board

Test Double Editorial Board

Product management

7 takeaways from CIO Tomorrow 2024 for leading transformation

7 takeaways from CIO Tomorrow 2024 for leading transformation

Cathy Colliver

Communication & teams

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A startup's launched after a new product in record time after Test Double's product coaching. Kudos to Jen Tedrow for her workshops that also unveiled a $2M product idea!

Tammy Lawlor's strategy enabled a global retail client to align their portfolio, boosting product releases from quarterly to 2x monthly (!) and launching two new products plus key enhancements.

Gusto's legacy Rails upgrade succeeded with our consultants leading the charge, fixing 1,700 test failures -- all without disrupting daily operations and completed on time and under budget. Cheers to Steve, River, Daniel, Will and Jake!

We collaborated with client leadership at a popular magazine to implement a culture of data-led decision making — which led to millions of dollars saved or generated. Shout out to Zack Kelly, who identified an e-commerce checkout error causing up to $7 million (!) in lost revenue.

Joé Dupuis audited and simplified Treehouse's AWS infrastructure, cutting costs by 25% and reducing infrastructure from ~40 servers to 3 servers + serverless ECS cluster. Why pay for complexity you don't need?

Shout out to DevOps pros Keith McCanless and Jessie Puls, who empowered dev teams at Mode to quickly and easily deliver both their own infrastructure needs!

Rails upgrade: Bug fixes and security support ending soon

As bug fixes and security support wind down for older Rails versions, now is the time to prioritize your Rails upgrade to safeguard your applications.

Kate McGinty

security

Consulting at Test Double: what each role entails

We’re rethinking software consulting with both equity and high-quality software in mind. Learn about what consulting looks like at Test Double and how we support growth and development.

Kate McGinty

Recruiting & careers

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DataConnect2024: Telling the data story

Here's a snapshot of what's going on in the world of data as a product, featuring insights from DataConnect 2024's inspiring women leaders.

Michael Toland

Product management

data-science

data-engineering

Consultants aren't as expensive as you think

Think consultants cost too much? The truth is, consultants aren't as expensive as you think.

Test Double Editorial Board

Test Double Editorial Board

Software investment

budgeting

How we delivered an API integration 7 weeks ahead of schedule

Here was our approach to deliver well-tested integrations quickly – and why APIs are products, too.

Shawn Leitner

Accelerate quality software

api

Explosion of calendars surrounding a person

How to synchronize JSON date formats for accurate data comparison

Learn how to handle date comparisons in JSON data using jq, a powerful command-line tool. This guide walks you through normalizing timestamps across different time zones and provides practical jq snippets to streamline your data processing tasks.

S Frost

Software tooling & tips

data-engineering

data-science

automation

open-source

Embracing clarity: Shifting away from a culture of certainty

If your organization feels stuck, and you’re continuing to push features that seem to fail in the marketplace, perhaps you’re stuck in the Culture of Certainty. That’s okay, because you’re not alone.

Michael Toland

Communication & teams

communication

product-innovation

professional-growth

teams

Code generation tools are easy to start, but hard to master

Software consultant Daniel Huss has experimented with using Copilot. Here's his review of code generation tools as a developer.

Daniel Huss

Software tooling & tips

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