Post #2597176

2025-09-14 18:40 UTC

@elizayer@mastodon.social @c0dec0dec0de@hachyderm.io yes! It really bugs me, no pun intended, that things like stability and, as you say, manageability are rarely considered "features" by the product managers I've worked with. Not that they don't sometimes acknowledge their importance, mind you, just that those are considered "engineering work" as opposed to "feature work."

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@elizayer@mastodon.social 2025-09-14 18:59

@Avner@anticapitalist.party @c0dec0dec0de@hachyderm.io Haha, I gave a conference talk a long time ago called "The most toxic concept in product management." What was the most toxic concept? You guessed it: "feature"! I see the separation as highly problematic... but I also acknowledge that I'm a marginal voice, getting really out of step with that community. Sigh.

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@c0dec0dec0de@hachyderm.io 2025-09-14 19:12

@Avner@anticapitalist.party @elizayer@mastodon.social 💡! Feature in the product management sense doesn’t actually map onto the normal linguistic use of the word. I knew this on one level, but simplicity or readability is or can be a top-level “feature” of a language or product, but never a “feature” as project management sees it.

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