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Good teams ship great products. Great teams kill bad ones.

Most products don’t fail because they’re broken—they fail because no one stops them. Here’s how to know when to cut your losses and move on, according to product managers.

Dion Utt

Product management

Critical choice, tight deadline? See how we make it happen

Critical choice, tight deadline? See how we make it happen

Kate McGinty

Product management

Product Leadership Circles is now open

Why product leaders are feeling more alone than ever—and how to fix it

Brett Buchanan

Product management

The art of product restraint: Why less delivers more

Michael Toland

Product management

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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!

Why Rails upgrades are so important

When budgets are limited, can you just skip the Rails upgrades and stay on an older version? Here's what you need to know.

Test Double Editorial Board

Test Double Editorial Board

rails

consulting

The myth of industrializing software engineering

Explore why the assembly line mentality is outdated in software development and how embracing flexibility and innovation can drive real results. Join the conversation on transforming tech leadership and fostering creative engineering teams.

Michael Toland

Accelerate quality software

agile

teams

Speaking human: Engineers who communicate effectively with empathy

Test Double's engineers excel in translating complex coding concepts into relatable stories, blending business acumen with empathy. Learn how they bridge the gap between software and business.

Kate McGinty

Communication & teams

communication

consulting

Colored binary numbers spark out from a contract sitting on a table

Fair contracts build trust: How Test Double does it differently

Fixed bid, fixed scope engagements are inherently bad for all parties and a procurement fantasy. Here how we take a more collaborative, fair approach to software consulting contracts.

Todd Kaufman

Software investment

consulting

budgeting

software-purchase

How to test logging in Node.js: practical TDD tips and tricks

Discover practical tips for testing logging in Node.js using TDD. This friendly guide helps you master winston and mockLogger for better test automation.

Joe Marty

testing

node.js

javascript

automation

How to optimize CI/CD with CircleCI for data engineering and ML

Discover the best practices and techniques for using CircleCI to streamline your data engineering and machine learning workflows.

Mavrick Laakso

Accelerate quality software

ai-ml

ci-cd

5 lessons to be a better software consultant

Join software consultant Jamie Phelps as he reflects on five years of consulting, sharing insights and lessons learned. From juggling tasks to understanding human needs, these lessons are essential for any aspiring consultant.

Jamie Phelps

Recruiting & careers

professional-growth

teams

consulting

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How to speed up a slow app

Dive into our story of transforming a trucking app's performance, where cutting-edge tech and smart strategies led to a major speed boost.

Kevin Baribeau

Accelerate quality software

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